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‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care

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PM says he will put proposals for NHS-style service funded by everybody into Labour’s next general election manifesto

Andy Burnham has said that he is going to “rip the plaster off” to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England.

The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by “everybody” but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for.

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