Labour: Government not grasping the urgency of care crisis

They refuse to acknowledge that their cuts have pushed a system that was already under pressure close to breaking point, and they have repeatedly delayed their White Paper on social care.

Labour is determined to play our part in trying to get cross-party agreement on the changes older and disabled people and their families desperately need.

We want legislation on long-term care funding in this Parliament, rather than simply producing a 'progress report', which is the Government's current plan.