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UK's Burnham pledges to offer social care reform at next election
Burnham said the service would be free at the point of use and paid for by everyone, with costs lower than earlier estimates.
- Andy Burnham pledged to present social care reform proposals at the next general election, expected by 2029.
- He said the proposed service would be free when people use it, with costs spread across the population.
- Funding options remained undecided, and a Health Foundation estimate put the annual cost at up to £18.5 billion by 2035–36.
- Burnham will outline the broad direction of his plans at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.
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During his speech at the Labour Party's annual congress, he said he wanted to tackle complicated issues and taboos, with the ambition to give hope back to the British. ...
·Brussels, Belgium
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday promised greater public control of essential services, saying he intended to reverse decades of privatisation and rebuild the country.
He paints a gloomy picture of Britain, becomes personal and still exudes hope: Andy Burnham, with his first party congress speech as prime minister, has presented a program for the coming years. Possibly for a whole decade.
·Hamburg, Germany
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