PM Handed A Clear Plan' To Save Care

Labour and tories unite on issue. 12-point plan for social care

-  Chris McLaughlin

Boris Johnson has been handed a ready-made plan to rescue long-neglected social care services.

The PM promised to “fix” the broken system in his first speech on the steps of No10 when he took office two years ago, vowing: “My job is to protect you or your parents or grandparents from the fear of having to sell your home to pay for the costs of care.”

Since then tens of thousands have sold their homes to pay for care and more than 40,000 care home residents have died of Covid.

Now a cross-party alliance of Tory ex-ministers, employers, carers and unions have come up with a plan and are demanding he “gets on with it”.

Proposals by the Future Social Care Coalition include combining the care system with the NHS and improving pay and training for carers.