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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Jessica Elgot

We must fix social care before allowing assisted dying, says Burnham

Andy Burnham laughing with a resident of a care home.
Burnham’s comments on assisted dying came during a visit to a care home in north London on Wednesday. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool AP/AP

Andy Burnham has said the assisted dying debate needs to wait until palliative care and social care are fixed, as he set out his path to resolving one of the most intractable problems in British politics.

The prime minister said he was not opposed to having the debate on assisted dying, but told reporters it would be “very challenging” to introduce the controversial legislation until the care system was in a better place.

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