'Gutsy And Extraordinary': Burnham's Triple Lock Shift For National Care Service | Labour MP

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“This is pretty gutsy to go and actually set out that you're going to tackle something that lots of politicians have talked about being a huge problem, but none of them have actually had the political courage to take it on.” Andy Burnham's address at the Labour Party conference, is one of the most “extraordinary” speeches in decades and Burnham is “not shying away” from difficult questions like the triple lock becoming the “double lock” says Labour MP for North Durham, Luke Akehurst. Luke Akehurst was speaking to Fi Glover on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 2-4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/

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