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social care crisis Articles

Social care bears the brunt

The public, politicians and the media must demand a sustainable solution to Britain's adult social care crisis, argues deputy leader of Bolton council Linda Thomas By the chancellor's own admission it was so far so good as he gave himself a smug pat on the back at the...

No more social care sticking plasters

Britain's ailing adult social care system needs more than a one-off grant or regressive tax increases to be fit for purpose, writes Progress strategy board member Paul Brant After a winter when even the Red Cross were driven to describe our  hospitals as in a...

Seeking a social care consensus

Labour will enhance, not damage, its position, by seeking a consensus on social care funding – Read Caroline Flint's speech at Progress' cross-party social care event Thank you Progress for hosting this timely and important discussion. It is now over a year since I...

Budget 2017: 10 new Tory failures

Progress chair Alison McGovern MP examines the 10 most egregious failures in Philip Hammond's first budget Failure to even mention Brexit, the single biggest issue our country faces in the next 10 years. The Office for Budget Responsibility states that they have asked...