Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech
Pensioners would benefit, he said, from the new care system and a promise to exempt them from income tax.“I won’t pretend some of this won’t be difficult,” he said. But someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off.”He said he had vowed to change the care system for 20 years, after seeing his grandmother robbed of her engagement ring in a care home and her house sold to pay for care. What an indictment of my generation of politicians, myself included,” he said.Care workers were “invisible to the political class”, he said.
- ▪Pensioners would benefit, he said, from the new care system and a promise to exempt them from income tax.“I won’t pretend some of this won’t be difficult,” he said.
- ▪But someone has to go through the pain barrier and rip the plaster off.”He said he had vowed to change the care system for 20 years, after seeing his grandmother robbed of her engagement ring in a care home and her house sold to pay for car
- ▪What an indictment of my generation of politicians, myself included,” he said.Care workers were “invisible to the political class”, he said.
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Andy Burnham Photograph: James Veysey/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenAndy Burnham Photograph: James Veysey/ShutterstockAndy BurnhamBurnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speechPM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifesto UK politics live – latest updates Jessica Elgot Deputy political editorTue 29 Sep 2026 10.34 EDTLast modified on Tue 29 Sep 2026 10.36 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAndy Burnham has promised a new “long-term” relationship with the EU in an emotional Labour conference speech in which he also confirmed the end of the pensions triple lock.In a deeply personal address where at times Burnham spoke through tears as he…
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