Andy Burnham: 'Social care system is close to collapse'
– Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health SecretaryOn care of older people, the gap gets ever wider between Ministers' rhetoric and the reality on the ground.
Severe cuts to council budgets mean services and standards are getting worse by the day, as an ITV investigation showed on Wednesday night. The social care system is close to collapse.
The reality is some the most vulnerable people in our society are facing cruel 'dementia taxes' as council care charges spiral ever higher.
The Government has failed to face up to this and brought an end to the cross-party talks on care.
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