Sir Andrew Dilnot criticizes the Labour party for taking three years to review social care reforms. He urges for swift action and suggests Prime Minister Rishi Sunak raise taxes to fund adequate social care.
Sir Andrew Dilnot has criticized Labour for taking three years to review reforms to social care. No10 stated that the newly formed Commission on Social Care, led by Baroness Louise Casey, will determine 'what a sustainable funding model' for older Britons could include. The response came as Sir Keir Starmer was cautioned that a three-year government-ordered investigation into the sector is 'inappropriately' long.
The Social Care committee stated: 'I'd certainly like to see the Commission report earlier and I'd very much hope that it will. I can't think of any reason why it should take three years, I simply can't.' Sir Andrew advocated for reform ideas to emerge in the first half of this parliament and suggested the Prime Minister consider raising taxes again to fund them. The economist criticized ministers from current and former governments for 'not having the courage to go forward and do something.' Meanwhile, Kathryn Smith, Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence, warned that the issue had become a 'groundhog day' – with endless investigations and commissions yielding no results. Sir Andrew asserted that it is 'bleedin' obvious' that in an 'affluent society' care should be adequately funded - and the responsibility now rests with the Prime Minister to resolve the issue definitively. He added: 'I think Sir Keir's views will be absolutely critical in this and if the Prime Minister gets behind this then something, I think, will happen. So I am optimistic. I'm always vague about timescales but we will get this done and we must because how can we look ourselves in the mirror and not deal with this?
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