Andy Burnham’s social care plans could be much more radical | Letter

Readers respond to the Labour leader’s conference speech and plans for changes to social care and the state pension triple lock In the aftermath of Andy Burnham’s speech to the Labour conference , media discussions are focusing on how to define social care and estimate its cost ( How will Burnham’s national care service work – and how will it be funded?

, 29 September ). Most arguments assume that any new system will look like the existing one, with services…