Andy Burnham gave a major speech on Wednesday on his plans for a national care service. He sought cross-party consensus on the issue by speaking to the Tories and Lib Dems. But not Reform UK or the Greens. On Thursday, Reform...
Read MoreThe prime minister says that current inefficiencies in the system will be tackled first, as he reveals final recommendations will be out by summer 2027Andy Burnham is speaking now.In a reference to how he started campaing for...
Read MorePM will not discuss details but will focus on need to find ‘common ground’ and to build political consensus Good morning. Andy Burnham is this morning giving a speech on social care. He is not going to discuss in any detail at...
Read MoreTory leader said Labour MPs were cheering, even though there are ‘400 knives’ in Starmer’s backBen Quinn is a Guardian political correspondent.Nigel Farage has made an explicit pitch for support from an international gathering...
Read MoreGovernment social care commissioner says system relying on exhausted unpaid carers to plug gaps in supportUK politics live – latest updatesMillions of unpaid carers in the UK are “living an agony” while propping up an outdated,...
Read MoreHead of government-commissioned review says adult social care is held together by ‘sticking plasters and glue’England’s “creaking” adult social care system is confusing and impenetrable to the people that rely on it and held...
Read MoreJim Gamble cites ‘vested interests’ and ‘political opportunism’, as Keir Starmer brings in Louise Casey as adviserKeir Starmer’s grooming gangs inquiry has descended into fresh turmoil after the only remaining candidate to be...
Read MoreHome secretary says previous government ‘left borders in crisis’ as her Tory counterpart says current administration ‘sits on its hands’Yesterday Steve Back, the photographer who covers Downing Street and who specialises in...
Read MoreJim GambleYesterday Steve Back, the photographer who covers Downing Street and who specialises in close up pictures of documents being carried into No 10, took a picture of a file with the wording of two of the questions being...
Read MoreExclusive: Source says senior legal figures appear reluctant to head investigation launched by Keir Starmer in JuneKeir Starmer’s national grooming gangs inquiry has stalled amid wrangles over its remit and difficulties in...
Read MoreParliament to vote on decriminalising abortion in what would be biggest shake-up to reproductive rights in England and Wales in 60 yearsCasey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data...
Read MoreCasey ‘disappointed’ by way report was interpreted by the opposition as Badenoch schedules press conferenceGood morning. After the Home Office yesterday published Louise Casey’s audit of the grooming gang scandal, none of the...
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