Cross-party talks on social care got off to a rocky start on Wednesday as Andy Burnham was accused of an Establishment stitch-up.
The Prime Minister is determined to push for a political consensus on social care in a bid to find a lasting solution.
But Tory sources accused him of staging a stunt after he gave just 18 hours’ notice to hold a tripartite meeting with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
And Reform UK leader Nigel Farage condemned the move after his party was snubbed, accusing the Prime Minister of ‘conspiring behind closed doors with the failed political Establishment’.
The meeting was held at
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