SIR ANDREW DILNOT

FIXING social care is no luxury and it’s long overdue.

In the last 10 years we have seen the numbers of older people grow and yet funding has failed to keep up.

The latest survey figures from the Care and Support Alliance show just how convinced the whole country is that we need to sort this, and sort it now.

The distressing scenes we saw through the pandemic of the struggles of the social care sector have just underlined the need for action.

Time after time the politicians have failed to grasp the nettle.

On this issue, they have been distinguished only by their paralysis.