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Why the UK still can’t fix social care – and what four other countries got right

On an average day, around one in ten hospital beds in England are occupied by someone medically fit to leave, but unable to do so because the care they need at home is not available. At an estimated cost of £562 per hospital bed per day, this costs £2.7 billion…

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Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care

Rightwing media hostility helped sink his reform plans in 2010, but the new PM’s passionate speech suggests there is now clear political will for change

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on funding social care: building consensus requires candour about taxes

Editorial: The prime minister is right to want to change the political culture, but aversion to honesty about the funding options runs deep in Westminster

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New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a 'broken' social care system

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledges to fix the "broken" social care system

The Independent UK

Burnham makes emotional pledge to end care crisis that has ‘gone on too long’

The Prime Minister, whose father has Alzheimer’s, said he would end decades of failure to address issues with social care funding.

The Independent UK

Casey says dementia is ‘hidden problem’ as PM to hold talks on adult social care

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to hold a cross-party meeting to discuss tackling the crisis in adult social care.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Burnham does not rule out tax rises for social care reform – as it happened

The prime minister says that current inefficiencies in the system will be tackled first, as he reveals final recommendations will be out by summer 2027

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Taxes to rise to fund landmark reforms to tackle Britain's social care crisis, signals Andy Burnham

New Prime Minister Mr Burnham is pledging to ‘put everything I’ve got’ into fixing Britain’s broken social care system

Evening Standard

Burnham to hold cross-party talks on fixing crisis in adult social care

Andy Burnham said governments have, for decades, failed to tackle reform of social care in England.

Evening Standard

Burnham turns to Tories and Lib Dems for social care solutions: ‘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

The Independent UK

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

Prime minister invites Badenoch and Davey – but not Farage – to discuss how to fix one of most intractable issues he faces

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham: I will put everything I’ve got into fixing social care

The PM will visit a care home alongside Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading a review into the sector.

Evening Standard

No plans for ‘death tax’ to fund social care reforms, Government says

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected to give more detail on his Government’s plans for social care in a speech on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Burnham Speeds Up Casey Commission After Warning Social Care Failures Could 'Collapse' the NHS

Prime Minister Andy Burnham warns the NHS will collapse without social care reform, accelerating an independent commission's timetable. Political leaders debate funding solutions amidst rising care costs and uncertainty.

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The Independent UK

‘PM must legislate for national care service if he’s serious about social care’

Andy Burnham has said he cannot put a timeline on reform but has committed to expending political capital on the issue.

The Guardian - UK

Existing care workers could be exempt from UK’s tough new immigration rules

Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sector

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham urges cabinet to examine ‘all possible ways’ to tackle cost of living crisis

As new prime minister briefs cabinet on ‘cost of living government’, critics ask where money will come from

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on social care reform: Andy Burnham is right – this issue must be gripped

Editorial: Ending the pattern of broken pledges and ditched proposals could help to rebuild trust in politics

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The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham says he will go ‘faster’ than Starmer. Why is that so hard?

Is the machinery of state jammed, or is the reason for the slow pace of change more personal than institutional?

The Guardian - UK

Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says

Health Foundation paper argues health is an economic asset and improving it could generate £72bn for public finances

The Guardian - UK

The hidden crisis hollowing out adult social care in the UK: precious day centres are being sold off

Countless spaces for adults with complex needs have been shut down. If Andy Burnham wants to fix social care, keeping them open must be a priority, says Guardian columnist John Harris

Evening Standard

Met Police could reopen more than 4,000 grooming gang cases

Scotland Yard identified the cases that could be reinvestigated while carrying out an audit of group-based exploitation and sexual abuse in the capital dating back to 2010

The Guardian - UK

London, Oldham, Bradford and Keighley named as first focus of grooming gangs inquiry

Inquiry will compel individuals and institutions to explain what they did or did not do to protect children from sexual abuse

International Business Times UK

Piers Morgan Slams 'Massively Exaggerated' 250,000 Grooming Gangs Victim Figure – But Says Real Scandal Is Still Horrific

Morgan says the widely cited figure is unsupported by evidence but stresses the abuse scandal remains one of Britain's biggest institutional failures.

International Business Times UK

Why Did UK Authorities Ignore 250,000 Groomed Girls? The Explosive Rape Gang Report Explained

Independent MP Rupert Lowe unveiled a 219-page report examining decades of grooming gang scandals and alleged institutional failures across the UK.

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