‘We have time to make our case’: Labour insiders are confident Burnham can sell his social care reforms
It is not clear how the prime minister intends to fund a service that could cost up to £18bn a year, according to some estimates. Photograph: Maskot/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIt is not clear how the prime minister intends to fund a service that could cost up to £18bn a year, according to some estimates. Reform UK has already claimed that a “death tax” could be brought in to pay for it.
- ▪It is not clear how the prime minister intends to fund a service that could cost up to £18bn a year, according to some estimates.
- ▪Photograph: Maskot/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIt is not clear how the prime minister intends to fund a service that could cost up to £18bn a year, according to some estimates.
- ▪Reform UK has already claimed that a “death tax” could be brought in to pay for it.
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It is not clear how the prime minister intends to fund a service that could cost up to £18bn a year, according to some estimates. Photograph: Maskot/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenIt is not clear how the prime minister intends to fund a service that could cost up to £18bn a year, according to some estimates. Photograph: Maskot/Getty ImagesSocial careAnalysis‘We have time to make our case’: Labour insiders are confident Burnham can sell his social care reformsRowena Mason Whitehall editorAnalysts believe PM has a ‘golden opportunity’ to offer older people better protection in return for weakening the triple lock guaranteeTue 29 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTShareIt is a brave party leader who is prepared to go into an election promising a multibillion-pound new public service – likely to be…
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