The Labour Party conference gets underway in Liverpool today, with Andy Burnham giving his big sit-down interview to Laura Kuenssberg of the BBC. The key exchange focused on social care: a topic about which the Prime Minister has spoken constantly in recent weeks. His father, Roy, died a fortnight ago, suffering from Alzheimer’s, and Burnham spoke with feeling about his own family’s personal struggles with care. His criticisms of the existing system will strike a chord with many. ‘Social cost in England is as unfair as healthcare cost in America,’ he said. ‘There is a cost, people are paying care charges now.’

The Prime Minister seems to have a clear sense of what he believes is the promised land

The Prime Minister seems to have a clear sense of what he believes is the promised land

Few would defend the existing system as either functional or fair. But the question is how does one fix it? Burnham’s line is that he will be setting out the ‘vision’ in his conference speech on Tuesday, with Louise Casey providing the ‘how’. He peppered his answers with various........

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