ABI and SOLLA warn of impending LTC catastrophe

They argued that a 'sustainable, fair, resilient and affordable system for the long term' is required to fund care for the nation's increasingly ageing population. The ABI and SOLLA were writing in a letter co-signed by eight other organisations including Age UK, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Counsel and Care. It began by identifiying weaknesses in the present system and stated that all the co-signatories wanted to secure a sustainable funding for long term care provision in the UK. "We are reaching crisis point and the debate has gone on long enough," it said. "The current...