Burnham to seek cross-party consensus over urgent reforms to social care

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is seeking cross-party consensus on social care reform, inviting Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey into discussions. Notably absent: Nigel Farage. Per The Guardian, Burnham has framed the effort as 'problem-solving, not point-scoring,' in a bid to resolve one of Britain's most intractable policy challenges. Social care funding has been in crisis for decades.

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