Burnham invites Tories and Lib Dems to social care talks

In a speech, the PM is expected to say finding common ground across party lines will be key to fixing social care.

Burnham 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.

By Lucy White

Burnham to give speech on social care as Louise Casey plays down cost concerns saying many families ‘already paying’ – UK politics live

PM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find ‘common ground’ and to build political consensus Zack Polanski, the Green party leader, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, 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. ...

By Andrew Sparrow

Burnham turns to Tories and Lib Dems for help on social care: ‘Help me fix this’

The prime minister will call for an end to the ‘political point scoring culture’ as he warns that the NHS could collapse unless there is a solution on social care

By David Maddox