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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emily Dugan

Cross-party talks on adult social care reform in England to start next month

Wes Streeting speaks at the London Ambulance Service headquarters, 9 December 2024: he is standing with an ambulance in the background and has a microphone attached to the lapel of his coat
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, stressed the importance of cross-party talks and ‘national consensus’ on social care reforms. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

Cross-party talks over the future of social care will begin next month as the health secretary hit back over criticism that a commission on the issue would take too long to bring about change.

Wes Streeting said he wanted all parties to “agree on the direction on social care for the long term” and that the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Reform party had all said they would work together on it.

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