Labour should ignore "difficult headlines" and consider extra taxes to cover the rising cost of social care, leadership contender Andy Burnham says.
Mr Burnham says his goal of a National Health and Care service will require a "difficult financial change".
But in a speech in Leeds, he said Labour should not fear a backlash from the "Tory press".
He would create a commission which would also consider replacing tuition fees with a graduate tax system.
Mr Burnham's speech, marking the 70th anniversary of the Attlee Labour government, is seen as an effort to get back on the front foot in the leadership contest.
It also included a scathing criticism of the current Labour Party, which he accused of being "frightened of its own shadow".
The Leigh MP said the anniversary of the 1945 government should be "cause for joyous celebration, but I mark it with a sad realisation that the modern Labour Party could not have created the NHS".
Source: Andy Burnham suggests new social care tax - BBC News
You tax-and-spend-it-all-plus-more barstewards!!!
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