UK politics live: Burnham says he wants to fight next election on plan for new taxes to pay for free social care in England

Guardian World•Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:18 AM•2 min read

PM appears to be anticipating criticism of reforms that he will set out on Tuesday at the Labour party conference ‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference Kuenssberg puts it to Burnham that, according to the Health Foundation, a system offering adult social care...

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