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“He has the courage to address the most difficult issues that have been ignored for years and seen as unsolvable. He refuses to accept that they are. They cannot be ignored any longer,” the source said.
“The Prime Minister is determined to show that governments can make people’s lives better if they choose. He wants Britain to believe again.”
Unlike the NHS, social care is not free at the point of service, and people with savings worth more than £23,250 are not entitled to help with the cost of care from their local council.
Burnham would not be the first leader in recent years to pledge to tackle the issue of social care for the elderly.
In the year In 2019, in his first speech as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said the Conservative Party would “fix the crisis in social care once and for all”.
Five years later in July 2024, Care Starmer faced criticism when Labor canceled the £86,000 scheme that anyone in England could spend on personal care over their lifetime.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey; He pushed for social care reformHe said on Saturday: “This should be the start of a real effort to end the social care crisis.”
He added: “I will fight so that family caregivers are not forgotten. We need a common understanding of the parties, and I hope that the Prime Minister’s door will be open.”
Writing to Sir Ed at X, Burnham replied: “Certainly Ed. Let’s work together to find some common ground.”
Conservative Party Chairman Kevin Hollinrack: “Where’s the money coming from, Andy? We’re all trying to find out.”
“It is good that the Prime Minister promised to solve the problems in our country, but how will he pay them?”
The first week of the premiereBurnham has pledged to end rough sleeping in England, cut VAT from domestic electricity bills this financial year and cut bus fares outside London from £3 to £2 from January.
His government announced a 20 per cent cut in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues across England from April.
