ANDY Burnham pledged to put “everything I’ve got” at fixing England’s crumbling adult social care system.
The Prime Minister handed out an olive branch to Kemi Badenoch and Ed Davey to draw up new ideas between the main parties.
Andy Burnham pledged to put ‘everything I’ve got’ at fixing England’s crumbling adult social care system Credit: Reuters
Mr Burnham has failed to rule out funding social care with a 10 per cent ‘death tax’ Credit: Getty
Mr Burnham speech in North London will reiterate that it is time to take the politics out of reforming social care.
He argued that squabbling in Westminster has led to “carers struggling, families paying the price and our NHS buckling under the strain”.
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The Prime Minister said: “We can carry on passing the problem to the next generation, or we can face it head on and work together to build a care system that gives people dignity, security and the support they deserve.”
Mandarins led by Baroness Louise Casey are tasked with drawing up the skeleton of a new National Care Service.
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A Big Conversation on Care forum will urge the public to share their views and shape the future of adult social care in England.
Punters are paying for a failed social care system by eye-watering council taxes, pressure on the NHS and giving up work, Baroness Casey argued.
She added: The choice is whether we keep putting money into a system that is unfair, unpredictable and broken, or have an honest conversation about how to build something better.
Mr Burnham has failed to rule out funding social care with a 10 per cent “death tax”.
Reform and the Tories have challenged Andy Burnham to rule out tax hikes to fix Britain’s broken social care system.
The Prime Minister has vowed he does not want to leave office without fixing the crisis, but has not explained how he would pay for any reform.
Reform UK claimed Mr Burnham’s touted new ‘death tax’ will cost the average mortgage-free Makerfield homeowner £50,669.
But a mortgage-free homeowner in England and Wales will have to stump up £74,737.
Reform’s Robert Jenrick said: “Andy Burnham has no mandate whatsoever to raid people’s precious savings.
“Voters have already rejected a death tax on four separate occasions and it flies in the face of his so-called ‘Makerfield Test’.”
Tory leader Ms Badenoch said she is willing to help Mr Burnham push through plans for social care but said he must not raise taxes to pay for it.
Writing to the Prime Minister, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said: “The money must be found by reducing current spending. You must rule out any tax rises, or increased borrowing that will ultimately fall on the next generation to pay for.”
She added: “The last thing Britain needs is further tax increases to pay for social care.”
