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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor

Labour to aim to launch national care service inspired by creation of NHS

Care home worker and resident
Labour’s immediate priority will be providing better pay, training and rights for carers, and stronger national standards. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

Labour will aim to bring in a national care service in England with just as much ambition as the 1945 government that brought in the NHS, the shadow health secretary has said, launching a review of how it would work.

In an interview with the Guardian, Wes Streeting said he had asked the Fabian Society to look at how the service would be funded and structured, with a view to bringing it in over the course of several parliaments.

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