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UK's Burnham pledges to fight next election on social care reform
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PM says he is willing to expend political capital to bring in universal service that would be funded by ‘everybody’
Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledges a universal national care service free at the point of use as Labour's annual conference gets underway.
Andy Burnham said he will put a plan for free social care to voters at the next general election. The pledge opens a fresh fight over how Britain funds care amid wider pressure on public spending.