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Brave New World or Groundhog Day? Burnham revisits old ground in speech on social care

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Andy Burnham, now Prime Minister, returned to social care reform in a new speech—an issue he championed in twenty-ten, when his proposals collapsed under right-wing media hostility and political rows over so-called death taxes. Per The Guardian, his latest remarks suggest political will may now exist to finally overhaul England's creaking adult social care system.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/29/patrick-...

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