Burnham Opens Labour Conference With Pledge of Hope and Change
Burnham outlined reforms to care, rail and utilities and said the changes would help fund a National Care Service.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivered his first conference speech in Liverpool, pledging to launch a National Care Service and end the pension triple lock from 2030 to fund social care.
- Replacing Sir Keir Starmer in July, Burnham promised to 'break with the direction of the past 40 years' and return to traditional Labour values, emotionally referencing his recently deceased father, Roy.
- Legislation planned for later this year aims to repeal the 'ideological ban on public ownership of water companies,' placing the UK on a 10-year path to a 'very different water system.'
- While delegates gave Burnham 11 standing ovations, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch claimed his speech lacked long-term economic solutions, warning he would take Britain 'back to the 1970s' with increased government control.
- His new GB Grid company aims to reduce energy prices to European levels within 10 years, alongside a proposed national commission on electoral reform to ensure 'everyone's voice is heard' at the next election.
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