Andy Burnham’s National Care Service Plan
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What did Andy Burnham announce about a national care service for England?
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Patti, are you there? I'm here.
Are
you there?
I'm in Liverpool and you are in...
London.
My ear.
How was the Prime Minister?
The Prime Minister, gosh, the Prime Minister this morning was intense. It was one of the most intense interviews I've done in a while with a politician, I have to say. I mean, this is a huge moment for Andy Burnham coming here as Prime Minister for the first time after wanting the job for so long, point one. It's a huge moment for whoever would be prime minister at the moment in the country. If you think about all the things going on, tensions over immigration, the economy, all of the things that are happening around the world. Point number two. Point number three. This morning, the prime minister essentially wrote a big chunk of the next Labour manifesto on TV by committing to a new care system in England to look after the elderly and vulnerable worldwide.
like the NHS, hinting very clearly that at the election he might ask people to pay more tax in order to pay for it. So it really was quite intense.
For me, obviously coming in to this journey as Prime Minister, as my dad was ending his, has been hard, but it pushes me on. And I'm going to grasp the nettle on social care. When I was in Parliament first time round, in fact, when I was a new MP, my gran was going through the care system. And as Health Secretary, I remember saying, we shouldn't let what happened to my grandparents' generation happen to my parents' generation. And it's devastating, actually, to be here, and it has happened. Parliament just ignoring this issue because they consider it too difficult. You know, is there any wonder?
So let's get into what Andy Burnham, the Prime Minister, said at a huge political moment for him, a huge political moment for Labour, and with his big new plan for social care in England on today's
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I don't know who the Prime Minister is, mate. I'm Andy and I'm not looking at my best right now. I see that he was, I guess, the mayor of a town. Ooh la la.
Thinking about it like a panto helped. And what will you do? Stare
at a
wall.
Do we play music now, or what do we do?
Hello, it's Paddy in the studio.
And it's Laura in Liverpool, and...
It's also Joe Pike in Liverpool. Hi, guys.
Hello, Joe. It's very nice of you to be here with us. Always great to have you. Wow, can I just say... And a party conference even better.
It's just the most amazing picture. For people who are newscasting and listening in their earbuds, it's the set of Batman behind Laura and
Joe.
I think it's a bonsai. Is it a bonsai? I don't
know. So we're in the lovely Museum of Liverpool where we broadcast a few times. And it is a gorgeous building. But even better is the view behind us. So we can see, we can't see the ferry, but we can see the Mersey. The liver building. We can see the liver building. We can see the ferry terminal. And wouldn't it be great if in the next half hour, a ferry across the Mersey would drift into the shop. We'll see if we can arrange that.
You hum it, I'll see it. I'll sing the song.
So, gosh, what a day. So it's always a big event, isn't it, Joe, when the prime minister sits down for an interview with whoever it is at the beginning of their party conference. You were watching on and I felt it was a really kind of intense half hour. What did you
think? I think it was clearly emotional for the Prime Minister talking about the death of his father, Roy, in the last couple of weeks. But he used that emotion to make quite a serious and I thought maybe slightly unexpected pitch about how he wants to reform the social care system in England. Because, yeah, we know he cares about it and wants to change it. But he seemed to announce a huge amount of policy on your programme going certainly further than I expected.
So... It's something that I proposed many years ago, a national care service. You have to have a situation where the care system speaks the same language as the health system.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did Andy Burnham announce about a national care service for England?
0:00–4:42
2
How does the proposed care service plan connect social care to the NHS?
4:42–10:02
3
What are the estimated costs of a free‑at‑point‑of‑use national care service?
10:02–15:18
4
How might the care service be funded – will taxes increase?
15:18–20:26
5
What political reactions have emerged to Burnham’s care proposal?
20:26–24:33
6
How does the plan compare with previous attempts by Labour and Conservatives?
24:33–29:53
7
What impact could the national care service have on the upcoming election?
29:53–34:34
8
What other policy issues (e.g., Heathrow runway, welfare bill) were discussed alongside the care plan?
34:34–38:32