Burnham vows to end existing pension triple lock in 2030 to help fund care

Andy Burnham has set out his plan to transform Britain, including by ending the existing state pension triple lock from 2030 to help fund a new national care service.

In his first Labour Party conference speech as prime minister, Burnham also said he wants to pave the way for greater public control over housing, water and energy services, and potentially reform the UK's electoral system.

After days of questions over how to fund his social care reforms in England, Burnham pointed to changing the triple lock to generate "significant savings".

His plans would see the state pension increase every year at least by inflation or 2.5% - but remove the automatic annual link with average earnings.

In front of a packed hall and watched on by family and friends, Burnham spoke for more than an hour - at times pausing and appearing to hold back tears as he referred to his father, Roy, who died earlier this month .

Arriving on stage to the sound of "All Together Now" by Liverpool band The Farm, Burnham made the song title a theme of his speech.

He said he wanted to "draw a line on a decade of division" and to "stop doomscrolling on posts running Britain down".

Burnham also told conference that he wants to "put the country on a new path" and recalled his family's "working-class aspiration" and how the government wanted to "unlock" this for others.

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