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If social care is the defining issue of the next election Burnham cannot go early
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ANALYSIS: Making the reform of social care the centrepiece of the next Labour manifesto changes everything, as political editor David Maddox explains
The state of the social care system in England is a topic that's made Andy Burnham angry for decades - but will his plans for reform work?
The prime minister said it would be part of his offering to voters when they next hit the ballot box.