Reform UK

Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has pledged to make social care reform the central issue of his campaign at the next UK election. The announcement puts a renewed spotlight on Britain's long-unresolved crisis in funding and providing adult social care, an issue successive governments have promised but failed to fix.

Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor and Labour leadership contender, has pledged to put forward a plan for social care reform at the next UK election. The commitment targets the long-standing funding crisis in England's care system, which successive governments have promised to fix but left unresolved.