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Burnham indicates backing for ‘black English’ and ‘Asian English’ census options – UK politics live

PM, in response to Ed Davey at PMQs, says measures could help address ‘poisonous politics’ Here are some more comments on the report for the Casey commission released today looking at how social care is run in England.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 2 sources•1 min read•Updated November 11, 2026, 3:12 PM UTC
Key points
  • Josh Babarinde's proposal is also supported by other MPs, including David Lammy and Sir James Cleverly.
  • PM welcomes cross-party push to reject ethnic basis for Englishness promoted by Reform UK politicians UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said he is likely to support a bill tabled by a Liberal Democrat MP that would allow people to define themselves as both black and English for ethnicity options in the census for England.
  • Overlapping and unclear roles leave dangerous uncertainty around who is responsible for important decisions, contributing to the inertia around reform England has struggled with for decades.

The bill was drawn up by Josh Babarinde, the Lib Dem president, with backing from a cross-party mix of MPs including David Lammy, a former Labour deputy prime minister, and James Cleverly, the Conservative former foreign secretary.

Additional details
  • The fragmentation we see today is what happens when there is a total absence of political leadership to ensure the sector is well-funded and provides equitable access to care.
  • One source with knowledge of the cabinet discussion said there was a “clear divide between those who want to go further and those who don’t want to push the issue too far”.
  • (See 9.56am.) This is from Natasha Curry, deputy director of research at the Nuffield Trust and one of the report’s authors.
  • That has scattered responsibility for the sector across and outside government in a way that few would design from scratch.
  • This report makes for sober reading of how adult social care and those who rely on it have been systematically failed.

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