The Labour Party conference on Tuesday served as the platform for the Prime Minister to detail a new funding structure for the support of the United Kingdom's elderly population. Andy Burnham announced the creation of a National Care Service to be implemented in the next parliament, which the government will fund entirely through tax revenue rather than borrowing.

The commitment to avoid government debt follows signals given by the Prime Minister on September 27 that he would make tax increases a central part of his next election campaign. These proposals seek to finance the lauch of the new service by introducing new levies to reform the existing social care infrastructure.