The SPD and CDU argue about care reform, Burnham takes over the Labor party conference, Spahn gives up his seat in the Bundestag

Two days before the vote in the cabinet, the SPD and CDU are arguing about the care reform. SPD General Secretary Tim Klüssendorf has announced that he wants to block the reform in the cabinet. Federal Health Minister Carsten Linnemann's draft is a "pure austerity package," said SPD parliamentary group leader Matthias Miersch. The SPD is calling for private nursing care insurance to be more involved in the financing. The SPD is also calling for a so-called care cap: the amount that those in need of care have to pay for care in the home themselves should initially be limited to a maximum of 1,500 euros per month. The nursing care funds have warned the SPD not to block the reform. Support, however, comes from the Ver.di union and patient advocates. Tina Groll from the economics department at ZEIT explains what the proposals are and why the SPD is about to demand improvements.

Andy Burnham faces his first Labor Party conference as British Prime Minister. Just over two months ago, the former mayor of Greater Manchester took over from Keir Starmer. He announced his resignation in June after the Labor Party's heavy defeats in regional and local elections as well as growing pressure from within his own ranks. But Burnham also faces major challenges: rising energy prices, weak economic growth and competition from the right-wing populist Reform UK party. Can he regain the trust of British voters in Labour? Jochen Bittner is a foreign correspondent for ZEIT in London and reports.

Also in the update: Jens Spahn (CDU) is giving up his seat in the Bundestag's budget committee. Everything surrounding him is currently “so politicized that normal work will hardly be possible,” as Spahn told his Union colleagues. There had previously been criticism of his absence from a Budget Committee meeting after holiday photos of him in Sardinia emerged. In July, Spahn resigned as Union parliamentary group leader after a controversy surrounding the birth of his child with the help of a surrogate mother in the USA.

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Moderation and production: Mounia Meiborg

Editor:Philip-Johann Moser

Collaboration: Lena Herrmann

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