'Critical' move as Andy Burnham to make major speech on Wednesday

A cross-party meeting is also due to be held06:21, 29 Jul 2026Prime Minister Andy Burnham will hold a cross-party meeting to discuss tackling the crisis in adult social care(Image: Christopher Furlong/PA)The Alzheimer's Society's CEO has labelled Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plans to reform social care as "critical" ahead of his major speech today. Mr Burnham will also hold a cross-party meeting to discuss tackling the crisis in adult social care, as he pledged to “put everything I’ve got” into fixing the system.‌Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats accepted the Prime Minister’s invitation “to build that spirit of collaboration from the start”, however, Nigel Farage hit out at Mr Burnham for ignoring Reform UK. Mr Burnham said governments had, for decades, failed to tackle ref