Hardeep Aiden, School for Policy Studies
The announcements made by the Treasury in the June 2013 Spending Review could have a profound impact on the welfare state for years to come. Not least affected will be the adult social care system, which supports over a million disabled adults and older people across the country. For adult social care, one major decision has just been settled and another is expected soon: how the care system will be funded going forward and who’ll be able to access it.
For far too long social care has been a Cinderella service: under-funded and under-loved. Has anything changed?