In a speech, the PM is expected to say finding common ground across party lines will be key to fixing social care.

Andy Burnham has invited the leaders of the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats for talks on reforming social care in England. The prime minister wants to meet Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey on Wednesday, when he is expected to give a speech saying that finding cross-party common ground will be key to the reform. Liberal Dem leader Sir Ed said he would attend remotely but Tory leader Badenoch cannot be there and is sending shadow health secretary Stuart Andrew instead. A Conservative source criticised the short notice invitation, suggesting: "It's almost like it's only being done for show." Burnham did not invite the leaders of Reform UK or the Green Party of England and Wales. Last week the prime minister told the BBC the NHS would "collapse" if social care was not reformed, saying he would not want to leave office without bringing in "substantial change" to the system. The prime minister said he would put "whatever political capital" he had "into fixing broken social care" but did not put a timeline on changes. Burnham first proposed a universal system of social care in England in 2009 when he was health secretary under former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.