Alliance demands action on 'unfair' long-term care

The group, which includes Saga, the Stroke Association and campaigner Baroness Greengross, said it had come to an agreed position and wanted the government to consider its plan ahead of its final white paper on social care reform. The group said social care is in crisis and “tinkering” with bits of the system will not work. Its six-point plan said the country needed: 1. A new national system for social care 2. National provision of information and sign posted advice 3. Extra funding for care system 4. Ensure that additional funding intended for adult social care is spent on adul...