Handle this with care

You might recall the scene. Six years ago, mop of hair glinting in the sun, Boris Johnson stood in Downing Street and fibbed to the nation.

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“We'll fix the crisis in social care once and for all,” he promised.

But the truth? Like his Tory predecessors, Boris had no plan and no clue. His party got nowhere near fixing our broken care system.

In fact, things got worse. Millions more vulnerable people - the elderly and children - need support today. Chances are, one day almost everyone you know will need some form of care. Washing, feeding, providing a friendly ear and doing the messy stuff most of us would rather not think about.

But the system has spiralled into crisis while Britain's population ages. NHS and council care is underfunded. There are 110,000 vacancies due to low pay, tough work and long hours.