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Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it?

Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK · 5h ago

Grooming gangs inquiry to investigate offending in Wales and Birmingham

National inquiry will conduct local investigations and look at wider picture of sexual abuse and exploitation of children

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

Sixteen English councils spend more than 80% of core funding on social care

Councils collectively spent record 71.9% of core spending on adult and children’s care last year, analysis shows

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

New UK leader Burnham vows to fix a 'broken' social care system

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledges to fix the "broken" social care system

The Independent UK · Jul 29

Burnham makes emotional pledge to end care crisis that has ‘gone on too long’

The Prime Minister, whose father has Alzheimer’s, said he would end decades of failure to address issues with social care funding.

The Independent UK · Jul 29

Casey says dementia is ‘hidden problem’ as PM to hold talks on adult social care

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to hold a cross-party meeting to discuss tackling the crisis in adult social care.

Evening Standard · Jul 29

UK politics: Burnham does not rule out tax rises for social care reform – as it happened

The prime minister says that current inefficiencies in the system will be tackled first, as he reveals final recommendations will be out by summer 2027

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

Taxes to rise to fund landmark reforms to tackle Britain's social care crisis, signals Andy Burnham

New Prime Minister Mr Burnham is pledging to ‘put everything I’ve got’ into fixing Britain’s broken social care system

Evening Standard · Jul 29

Burnham to hold cross-party talks on fixing crisis in adult social care

Andy Burnham said governments have, for decades, failed to tackle reform of social care in England.

Evening Standard · Jul 28

Burnham turns to Tories and Lib Dems for social care solutions: ‘Help me fix this’

The prime minister will call for an end to the ‘political point scoring culture’ as he warns that the NHS could collapse unless there is a solution on social care

The Independent UK · Jul 28