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David Hughes

Burnham sets out plan to reform triple lock to pay for social care

Prime Minister Andy Burnham delivering his keynote speech during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool. Picture date: Picture date: Tuesday September 29, 2026. - (PA Wire)

Andy Burnham has set out a radical plan to transform Britain, with proposals to reform the state pension triple lock to pay for social care, measures to pave the way for public control of water companies and a potential change in the UK’s electoral system.

In his first Labour Party conference speech as Prime Minister he vowed to overturn Margaret Thatcher’s 1980s reforms to give the public greater control over housing, water and energy.

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