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UK PM Burnham Convenes Cross-Party Social Care Summit

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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Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care

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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 f

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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

Nigel Farage Fumes Over Being Left Out Of Andy Burnham's Cross-Party Social Care Talks

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#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.

Ed Davey MP: Finally, cross-party talks on social care have started

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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

We can’t fix social care without expelling the profiteers

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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 ...

Will we pay more tax to fund social care? – podcast

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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