Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/3 Next image Previous image Toggle caption Andy Burnham canvassing this week at Hindley Green in the Makerfield constituency where he is standing as the Labour candidate in the 18 June byelection. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Andy Burnham canvassing this week at Hindley Green in the Makerfield constituency where he is standing as the Labour candidate in the 18 June byelection. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Interview‘I wouldn’t flinch’: Burnham on social care, markets, Brexit – and the prospect of a general electionPippa CrerarExclusive: Greater Manchester mayor sets out his priorities before Makerfield byelection – and what might happen after the vote Andy Burnham has signalled he would begin transforming England’s broken social care system this year if he became prime minister, accusing Westminster of “flinching away” from tackling difficult policy problems.The Greater Manchester mayor said politicians must be willing to take on “the weight of the system” that stood in the way of radical change, as he began to set out his prospectus for government if he won the Makerfield byelection.Burnham, who first tried to change the social care system when he was Labour’s health secretary in 2009, said there was an urgent need to fix the crisis. Then, he had planned a levy on estates to pay for…
Published: June 4, 2026 5:04 pm
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