Burnham to give speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families âalready payingâ â UK politics live
PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find âcommon groundâ and to build political consensus Zack Polanski, the Green party leader
PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find âcommon groundâ and to build political consensus Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said he made an âinadvertent mistakeâ by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase âweâre only making plans for Nigelâ, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage.
Aletha Adu has the story. Good morning. Andy Burnham is this morning giving a speech on social care. He is not going to discuss in any detail at all the sort of reform to the system he wants to implement, but instead he will focus on his intention to build a political consensus on the changes needed.
He will say For decades, governments have kicked this issue down the road because theyâve seen it as too risky, too difficult, and too complicated. Politicians might have different views but Iâm serious about fixing this issue and to do that, we have to find common ground and listen to others to find a way forward.
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