Radical reforms, including free personal care, ethical commissioning, enforced standards and good pay for care staff have been proposed by the IPPR thinktank.
A Liverpool care home to close after racking up £3m in debt over the last six years.
Funding
The Institute of Fiscal Studies has warned that local councils will need billions of pounds in additional funding to meet the rising costs of adult social care.
One in seven of the older population, or 1.5m people, have unmet care needs, according to Age UK.
Care England has called for an immediate £4bn injection into social care as part of its Long Term Plan for the sector.
The government has been given the go-ahead to raise the National Living Wage (NLW) by more than £2 an hour by 2024.
Meals on Wheels has had its budgets slashed, leading to 24% of local authorities stopping the service.
The number of people receiving long term care has fallen for the last three years, according to figures published by NHS Digital.
The financial pressures on social care providers caused by funding and staffing challenges have been laid bare by the CQC.
The government has announced proposals to reform adult social care in today’s Queen’s Speech.
