On September 27, 2026, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled a vision for a universal, free-at-point-of-use national social care service modeled on the NHS, pledging to put the proposal in Labour's next general election manifesto. He said social care's failure would eventually break the NHS itself.
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About time too. It needs fixing www.bbc.com/news/live/cj... The PM says the proposed care service, which would be "free at the point of use", would be put on the ballot at the next general election.
Andy Burnham said the proposed care service would be laid out in detail and put on the ballot at the next general election.
PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NH
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PM Andy Burnham proposes national care service in England to tackle 'threadbare' social care system which will 'break the NHS' www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj... Annoying that politicians ignore the value of good or even adequate social care in itself but just scaremonger about the NHS The PM says the proposed care service, which would be "free at the point of use", would be put on the ballot at the ne