Yesterday, the Government published their long-awaited social care white paper, outlining their plans to reform the social care system.
What we needed was a long-term vision that finally put social care where it belonged; on an equal footing with the NHS, at the heart of a modernised welfare state.
But this white paper falls woefully short of the mark. The White Paper doesn’t fix the crisis in social care, let along deliver real social care reform.
And it won’t stop ordinary people from having to sell their homes to pay for care either. Instead, we are just seeing a tax rise on working people to protect the homes of the wealthiest.
