Two of the biggest unsolved domestic crises in this country are surely social care and housing. Both have creaked from ‘in trouble’ to ‘already in crisis’ without much in the way of serious policy or money from successive governments. Today, ministers turned their attention to both matters, making rather different announcements on how they might deal with them.
First up, social care. Since the Tories made a mess of their social care policy in the snap election of 2017, the sector itself has plunged into an even deeper mess, with providers and local authorities warning that not only are they struggling to do what they’re supposed to do with so little funding, but that they are also not sure how they are going to afford a massive bill for employees’ back pay following a court ruling on sleep-in shifts for carers.
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