PM warned his £12bn a year tax raid will fail to end social care crisis
Social care leaders are warning that Boris Johnson’s £12bn-a-year tax raid will fail to end the crisis that has left 1.6 million elderly and disabled people without help, after most of the cash was diverted to the NHS.
Even as the prime minister’s manifesto-busting plan appeared to win over Tory MPs who are expected to back it in a rushed vote on Wednesday it was met with an angry backlash from councils and charities.
They warned local authorities would continue to be starved of the billions needed to provide adequate care for people in their own homes, a verdict backed by the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).
It is clear that the extra funding will not be sufficient to reverse the cuts in the numbers receiving care seen during the 2010s, the think-tank said. The package i...