Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care
Burnham social care reforms
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- Guardian Health·2h agoBrave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care
Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for change For campaigners perpetually disappointed by the failure of England’s political classes to fix England’s creaking adult social…
Read at Guardian Health → - Channel 4 News·4h agoWhy has EVERYONE FAILED to fix social care?
Social care is the thorny issue which politicians have failed to solve for decades. Today though, the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham put it back on the political agenda as he called for a ‘National Care Service’, saying that social care in the UK is “as unfair” as the…
Read at Channel 4 News → - BBC Politics·4h ago'Every day I'm just winging it': The families hoping for social care reform
As Andy Burnham outlines his aim to overhaul social care, BBC News speaks to the families caring for loved ones.
Read at BBC Politics → - The Conversation UK Health·5h agoCan social care ever really be fixed? Experts react to the latest in a long line of promises
BlurryMe/Shutterstock The Big Conversation on Care is the latest attempt to fix England’s broken social care system. Getting a handle on this issue has been attempted no fewer than 22 times since the 1990s – but Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed that this time they’ll find…
Read at The Conversation UK Health → - BBC Health·6h agoBurnham doesn't rule out tax rises to fix social care
The prime minister holds cross-party talks as he speeds up review of social care in England.
Read at BBC Health → - The Independent UK·11h agoHow does adult social care in England work? The system explained as Andy Burnham promises to deliver ‘urgent’ reforms
Andy Burnham will host a summit with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey to discuss social care reforms
Read at The Independent UK → - Bloomberg Politics·23h agoBurnham Vows to Tackle UK’s Expensive Social Care Problems
Prime Minister Andy Burnham will meet opposition party leaders on Wednesday to kickstart his effort to reform the UK’s creaking social care system.
Read at Bloomberg Politics → - Daily Mail News·23h agoAndy Burnham launches cross-party talks on social care - as Reform warn his 'death tax' plan could cost his own constituents £50,000 each
The Prime Minister has invited Kemi Badenoch for talks on the issue on Wednesday despite her warning that the £18 billion cost should be funded by spending cuts, not new taxes.
Read at Daily Mail News → - HuffPost UK Politics·23h agoAndy Burnham Invites Main Opposition Parties To Help Labour 'Problem-Solve' Social Care Crisis
Ed Davey, Andy Burnham, Kemi Badenoch Andy Burnham has invited the main opposition parties to help him address the growing crisis with the UK’s social care sector. It comes after the prime minister pledged to find common ground across the political spectrum during his campaign…
Read at HuffPost UK Politics → - Guardian Politics·23h agoBurnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care
Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix decades-old funding crisis Andy Burnham has promised “problem-solving, not point-scoring” before a speech on social care in which he will set out his strategy for resolving one of the most…
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