Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentimentAndy Burnham must overhaul Shabana Mahmood’s migration reforms or risk overstretching social care and fuelling...
Read MoreChild was sent to live in 11 different Airbnbs or hotels and two ‘barren and inhospitable’ houses, as companies profitedCouncils pay more than £125m a year placing vulnerable children in illegal care homes in EnglandPrincess had...
Read MoreThis blog is now closedThe Electoral Commission has released political donation figures for the second quarter of 2026. They show that Reform UK continues to rake in far more than other parties. Nigel Farage’’s party had...
Read MoreAndy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needsThe UK’s social care sector is in crisis. Costs are spiralling, with many local councils forced to...
Read MoreDecades after being sexually abused, the author and doctor Frank Spinelli believed he had moved on emotionally. But alcohol destroyed his sense of security. He describes how he confronted his shameNot so long ago, Frank Spinelli...
Read MoreWhen he saw a messy yard being criticised on social media, Stephen Jalland grabbed his trimmer and decided to help. An overgrown garden, he discovered, often hides an overwhelmed ownerAnita Thursby had been dreading the gas...
Read More‘There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that,’ the prime minister says when asked about his conversation with Donald TrumpQ: [From ITV’s Romilly Weeks] You say that Reform UK followed all the...
Read MoreHonest Bob was rattled at the idea of joining cross-party talks on social care. Why bother behaving as a serious opposition?When you’ve lost the trust of GB News, when you’re too deranged, too extreme and too outright mendacious...
Read MoreThe Labour party released a statement after Robert Jenrick tried to minimise the latest revelations about donations to ReformQ: [From ITV’s Romilly Weeks] You say that Reform UK followed all the rules in relation to donations....
Read MoreAndy 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 MoreBurnham seems ready to use his power and influence. He understands the depth of this crisis: the task is persuading all those still in denial“People pleaser!” That’s the insult Andy Burnham’s enemies sneer at him. And yes, he...
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...
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