Opinion
Fixing social care can help fix the economy
Debate on the funding of social care always emphasises the costs, not the financial gains
social care
Andy Burnham calls for basic income and overhaul of inheritance tax to fund a National Care Service
“There is an argument for a basic income as far as I’m concerned.”
Privatisation has destroyed the social care sector
'A crisis is social care has been created by underfunding'.
Nadine Dorries attacks Rishi Sunak over social care plans
Reacting to the news that the policy could be delayed and even possibly shelved altogether, Dorries took to Twitter to condemn the move saying she was ‘very surprised’.
‘It’s unfair, it’s wrong and the government must think again’: Labour MP sets out priorities for social care
Shadow social care minister Liz Kendall has shared Labour's priorities for social care
Ian Blackford slams ‘new Tory poll tax’ of National Insurance hike
Ian Blackford has slammed plans by the UK’s Conservative government to hike National Insurance (NI) as a “new Tory poll tax” and claimed that independence is the only answer to a new wave of “austerity”.