Photo by Danie Franco on Unsplash The government’s social care announcements will fall short of solving the funding crisis for local government and might even make it worse, writes Adrian Jenkins. All now depends on the spending review.
When Boris Johnson became prime minister, he announced that he would “fix the crisis in social care once and for all”. He had a “clear plan … to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve”. Two years later, the plan has been announced and it is clearly focussed on protecting “parents and grandparents from the fear of having to sell [their] home to pay for the costs of care”. Social care itself remains very much in crisis.
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