Funding

English councils have warned they will resort to providing the “bare minimum” if no extra funding is made available to meet rising demand for services such as social care.

Tory MP and prominent Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg has said social care costs should be capped at £5,000.

Former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has warned that the government could fail to deliver its Green Paper.

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has said pensioners should not be required to sell their homes to fund their care.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said insurance payments for elderly payments could become the new “norm”.

Busy Bees nursery founder John Woodward and Care England CEO Martin Green say a childcare, salary sacrifice voucher scheme could be part of the answer to the country’s social care funding crisis.

Tory MP, Damian Green, has proposed a radical new vision for funding social care.

A new report by The King’s Fund revealed that the social care system is under “immense pressure” with more people needing care but fewer receiving it.