Prime Minister Andy Burnham is hosting talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey to discuss urgent social care reforms. The summit addresses a decades-old funding crisis in England's adult social care system with potential plans including mandatory worker contributions.
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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 intractable issues in British politics. The prime minister has invited Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, and Ed Davey, the
Andy Burnham has pledged to put “everything he’s got” behind reforming social care. Plans under consideration include a scheme that would require workers over 34 to make mandatory contributions to a fund, which would then pay for their care in later life. In a bid to show he’s serious about seeking cross-party consensus on the issue, the PM has invited Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey to talks on the pr
#Farage should remember - he waltzed off in a huff and by standing down as #MP for #Clacton he is no longer an #MP, so he doesn't get to go to cross-party talks on #SocialCare. Nigel Farage Fumes Over Being Left Out Of Andy Burnham's Cross-Party Social Care Talks share.google/GcN03lEMcfaY... The Reform UK leader is not actually an MP right now but was still outraged not to be invited.
Fixing social care is key to resolving bedblocking problems in the NHS, but also for local government finances. Without fixing this, there are so many other things that just can't get done. www.aldc.org/2026/07/ed-d... An exclusive article for ALDC from Lib Dem leader Ed Davey MP on his meeting with the Prime Minister on fixing social care
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/we-c... ANDY BURNHAM’S social care speech gets a lot right.Fixing social care is a worthy mission: the largely privatised sector is a mess, imposing huge costs on vulnerable people and their families, wildly ...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic... Prime Minister Andy Burnham is outlining how he will fix the creaking social care sector in a major speech this morning, and even invited Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey into cross-party talks
Andy Burnham gave a major speech on Wednesday on his plans for a national care service. He sought cross-party consensus on the issue by speaking to the Tories and Lib Dems. But not Reform UK or the Greens. On Thursday, Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick held a press conference claiming the prime minister wanted a ‘death tax’. But is that what Burnham set out? Plus, Zack Polanski is under fire for a social