The public, politicians and the media must demand a sustainable solution to Britain's adult social care crisis, argues...
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social care Articles
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...
Seeking a social care consensus
Labour will enhance, not damage, its position, by seeking a consensus on social care funding – Read Caroline Flint's...
Labour councils leading on social care
Labour in local government is innovating to compensate for lack of government funding, writes Paul Brant This winter...
Stop the NHS crisis from becoming terminal
Unless the government provides the NHS with emergency funding, its winter crisis will become terminal, argues Martin...
The social care funding crisis
The social care precept is not the long term solution to bridging funding gaps in social care, writes leader of Bury...
Passing the buck on social care
A six per cent increase in council tax hurts those who are just about managing the most, writes deputy leader of...
A ‘sticking plaster’ approach
Britain's social care system needs a strategic, long-term solution, not a quick fix, argues Karin Smyth MP This week...
Dignity in their final years
While expectations were already low for this year’s autumn statement, the conventional wisdom was that the chancellor...
Social care at a tipping point
Back in January, I dedicated my first Westminster Hall debate to the subject of the future of care homes in England....
Make or break
Social care is in crisis Frail older people in hospital beds is the image which stays with me more than any other from...
The plan to steal Labour clothes
It may turn out to be a day to tell our grandchildren about. But let’s get beyond the little red book, and whether the...