Andy Burnham has hinted that tax rises could one day be needed to pay for his social care reforms.
Speaking at a care centre in north London on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said he wanted social care to run “on the NHS principle” – free at the point of use, based on need rather than income.
However, he admitted that getting there may require “difficult decisions” later in the Parliament.
Burnham blamed his own generation of politicians for the social care crisis, calling it a “major dereliction of public duty” and a “shameful” failure to act, pointing to Age UK’s estimate that around two million over-65s are not getting the care they need.
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