Newscast – What is Andy Burnham’s plan to ‘reform’ social care?

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Today, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that the current social care system in England needs major reform and to achieve this he released his three-point plan. The Prime Minister presented Baroness Casey’s review of social care, and asked the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to work together on its reforms. But what does Andy Burnham mean by ‘National Care Service’? Why 22 previous reviews failed to influence the change to adult social care? And how does it support the major task of reforming social care in England? Joining Adam are Social Affairs Editor Alison Holt, Health Correspondent Jim Reid and BBC Correspondent Policy and Analysis Correspondent Ben Chu to catch up on what we learned and didn’t know from the Prime Minister today. Now you can listen to Newscast on smart speaker. If you want to listen, say “Ask BBC Voice to play a news broadcast”. Works on most modern speakers. Join our Newscast online community here https://bbc.in/newscastdiscord by emailing newscast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on +44 0330 123 9480. New episodes are released daily. If you’re in the UK, for more BBC news and current affairs podcasts, listen to BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4guXgXd Newscast brings you daily analysis of the BBC’s current political news. The presenter was Adam Fleming. Miranda Slate co-starred with Rosie Merotra and Shiler Mahmoudi. The social producer was Beth Pritchard. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The news editor is Sam Bonham.

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