The prime minister has pledged to reform the adult social care system, having made it one of the top priorities of his premiership.
Andy Burnham namechecked social care as a long-neglected issue that the government must “have the courage to fix" in his first speech as Labour leader earlier this month.
He has also asked the Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders to meet with him to discuss the issue.
Also on the programme:
– After the driest ever July, how half the country is now officially in drought
– The Spanish villiagers returning to the place they once called home after devastating wildfires
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