Shadow minister calls for quicker action on social care

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The shadow health secretary has urged Wes Streeting to speed up the process for social care reforms. Mr Streeting came under fire when he revealed the final report from the social care review would not take place until 2028. "I would encourage the Secretary of State Wes Streeting to be more ambitious, braver and to speed up that process and get those cross-party discussions going as swiftly as possible," Mr Argar said.  Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00it is an issue that as a country we need to get to grips with how we make social care sustainable

00:06in the long term so we will engage constructively with the government and with the commission

00:10to help find a way forward that puts social care on a a secure footing. It is disappointing that

00:18it's not scheduled to report finally until 2028 and I'd encourage the Secretary of State Wes

00:24Greeting to be more ambitious, to be braver and to speed up that process and get those

00:29cross-party discussions going as swiftly as possible.

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