By Michael Payne

Our country is facing a social care crisis. In the last six months, more than 100 home-based and residential care providers have ceased trading, affecting more than 5,300 people. Meanwhile providers have handed back contracts to more than 60 councils, affecting thousands of people. Social care faces a £3.5bn funding gap by 2025. But even closing that wouldn’t come close to solving the issue of sustainability of adult social care for the longer term. But the Tories are failing the […]