Barbara Keeley, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Social Care and Mental Health, commenting on Age UK’s research, said:

“More and more older people are paying the price for nearly a decade of Tory inaction on social care.”

“The Tories have cut budgets to breaking point while refusing to do anything to tackle the crisis now facing social care.”

“In contrast a Labour government will build a National Care Service with free personal care for older people at its heart.”

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