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Andy Burnham: “It is urgent, the need to fix social care, and I personally would look at all of the kind of implications of that in…”

On the recordJune 5, 2026
It is urgent, the need to fix social care, and I personally would look at all of the kind of implications of that in relation to inheritance tax and care charges and everything. I wouldn’t flinch from it.
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Andy Burnham
Labour Party

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Discussing the need for social care reform.

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