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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Why is Andy Burnham talking about fixing England’s social care system?

Elderly hands rest on top of a wooden walking stick with metal ferrules
In some cases, people end up selling their homes and using their entire life savings to fund care in their later years. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

Andy Burnham has signalled he would overhaul England’s social care system this year if he became prime minister, the biggest indication yet of what his main priorities would be.

Work is already under way on updating the social care system under Keir Starmer, but Burnham has suggested he would seek more radical and urgent change.

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