The Andy Burnham Interview
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Why is Prime Minister Andy Burnham interviewing in Liverpool before the Labour conference?
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Paddy, it's that time of year where it is time for the Prime Minister to sit down and give a full-length interview about their plans for the nation. Particularly a big moment this year because it's the first time Andy Burnham has done this as Prime Minister. No stranger to Labour conferences here in Liverpool, his childhood stomping ground, of course. But it feels like a big moment, doesn't it? Because it's the first time he's done it in this job.
Yes, and it explains why we're doing two episodes of Newscast this Sunday. We're going to give you the full interview with Laura and the Prime Minister in this, and then Joe Pike, Laura and I will discuss in the next episode. But here we go, Laura's full interview with the Prime Minister this morning in which he touted national social care.
Prime Minister, welcome in your uh childhood stomping ground of Liverpool. Um in July, as we heard just there, you told us you would go as fast as you can on sorting out care for the elderly and vulnerable in England, social care as it's known. Where have you got to now three months later?
We are making really good progress now. And 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 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 it is there any wonder that politics is in such low esteem with the public when it can't fix something as basic as the care that we give to each other?
So it can't carry on. Somebody needs to uh grasp the nettle. I will be the one to do that. And I realise it might require me to spend some political capital that it might make me unpopular with some, but that isn't going to stop me.
If people weren't aware, your father Roy passed away actually less than two weeks ago, I think it's a fortnight tomorrow. So this is obviously hugely personal for you, as it is personal for so many families who'll be watching this morning. What will a new system mean? What will you offer people? By when will it happen? So let's start with what you're actually gonna do.
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. Because at the moment, social care is charged for, provided on a very different basis, and the two just don't connect. And the worst of all worlds is happening in that the care system is so threaded. It can't support people in their own homes, or it can't support people in care homes, or people can't afford to pay the charges.
What is the proposed national care service and how will it work like the NHS?
And then we see people arriving in hospital every day in their thousands on 999 calls into AE, which also is the most expensive part of the system, is not where they should be, is not right for them, their family, certainly not right for the NHC. So the whole system is working in the wrong way.
And those are the problems right now as you see it. But what are you to be really clear, are you proposing a universal service, universal free care for people. Let's be really specific here. Do you mean free personal care for everyone who needs it in England?
So I will set out more uh this week at the conference and I will set out a timetable as to how we make this reform happen.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is Prime Minister Andy Burnham interviewing in Liverpool before the Labour conference?
0:00–3:55
2
What is the proposed national care service and how will it work like the NHS?
3:55–7:11
3
How does the government plan to fund free personal care for everyone?
7:11–10:39
4
Will the UK back a third runway at Heathrow and why is the decision contested?
10:39–14:52
5
What are the government’s plans to tackle border security and community‑level protests?
14:52–18:52
6
How is the situation in Northern Ireland being handled and why is it important?
18:52–22:01
7
What personal motivations drive Andy Burnham’s approach to social care and the economy?
22:01–25:58
8
What are the key take‑aways and next steps announced at the Labour conference?
25:58–28:58