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UK PM Burnham vows to create national care service

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced Tuesday that his government will establish a National Care Service offering care free at the point of use.

Reuters WORLD
Published September 29,2026 05:33 PM
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on ⁠Tuesday that ⁠his government would create a national care service, ⁠which would be free at the point of use.

"A system in the best traditions of this party where everyone ⁠contributes ⁠and everyone is covered," he told the Labour Party conference. "Free at the point of use and ⁠no care charges out paid out of your basic state pension."

Burnham has said he ⁠would ‌put ‌those plans to ⁠voters ‌at the next election.