Stephen Morgan MP has warmly welcomed the Prime Minister’s latest announcement on fixing the broken social care system.
Andy Burnham is making the choice to find common ground across party lines to tackle the big issues. The Labour Government is drawing a line under decades of decline and a refusal to tackle these problems head on, calling on all political parties to focus on solving problems and find solutions together.
The Prime Minister has reiterated the need for a new kind of politics that puts differences aside in order to come together and face up to challenges that Westminster has left unaddressed for too long.
Delivering on that pledge, Andy Burnham has met with the two main parties, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, to kickstart this work and discuss how to drive urgent reform on social care.
Commenting, Stephen Morgan, MP for Portsmouth South, said:
“Labour is building a new social care system that will give people in our city the dignity, security and support that they deserve.
“As part of this Government’s commitment to fixing difficult issues that have been ignored for too long, we will work together across party lines to drive urgent reform on social care.
“For too long, our social care system has been broken, with carers struggling, families paying the price and our NHS buckling under the strain.
“I will support the Government to implement this long-awaited changes, delivering the change that will help make Britain believe again.”
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said:
“Last week I said we needed a different kind of politics: problem-solving, not point-scoring. Nowhere is that more urgent than social care.
“For decades, governments have kicked this issue down the road because they’ve seen it as too risky, too difficult, and too complicated.
“Politicians might have different views but I’m serious about fixing this issue and to do that, we have to find common ground and listen to others to find a way forward.
“It’s time to draw a line under people playing politics when the human cost of that means carers struggling, families paying the price and our NHS buckling under the strain.
“This comes down to a choice. We can carry on passing the problem to the next generation, or we can face it head on and work together to build a care system that gives people dignity, security and the support they deserve.
“This is about bringing back hope that we can finally fix the difficult issues that have been ignored for too long, and making Britain believe again.
“That’s why I’m making this choice and I’m prepared to put everything I’ve got behind it.”
Alongside, Baroness Louise Casey is leading the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, drawing up recommendations to deliver a National Care Service.
Baroness Casey is launching a Big Conversation on Care, which will give the public their chance to share their views and help shape the future of adult social care in England so that it is designed for the people it is there to serve.
It will be open to everyone through a new online platform, starting off the conversation by asking people about the values and principles we should all expect from a social care system.
