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Political correspondent at the Guardian. Northerner stranded in the South. Long-suffering Evertonian. Also at: @lexytopping.bsky.social, lexytopping_theguardian

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Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay

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By Sarah Butler Verified, Alexandra Topping Verified
| MSN Verified
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are once again up in the air after the prime minister refused to say whether he backs the “contested” project which is delayed by up to four years. Over the weekend it emerged that ​Heathrow no longer expects to meet the original 2035 deadline. Instead, the airport hopes to secure planning permission by 2029 and then open the runway “within a decade”, meaning it would not be operational until 2039.
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Andy Burnham to fight next election with plan for NHS-style care service

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By Pippa Crerar Verified, Alexandra Topping Verified, Kiran Stacey Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Andy Burnham will fight the next election with a pledge to finally fix the broken social care system, acknowledging he is willing to expend political capital by asking taxpayers to cover the cost. As Labour's party conference began in Liverpool, he pledged to “rip the plaster off” to radically transform care, setting out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everyone in England.
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‘Rip the plaster off’: Andy Burnham sets out vision for universal free social care

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By Pippa Crerar Verified, Alexandra Topping Verified
| Yahoo News UK Verified
Andy Burnham has said that he is going to "rip the plaster off" to fix the broken social care system, as he set out a vision for a universal service that would be free at the point of use for everybody in England. The prime minister said the new NHS-style social care service would be funded by "everybody" but did not give further details of how his radical long-term plan would be paid for.
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