Social care

A government with a big majority should have had the political will to do more than just set up another review.

In this online event we presented findings on the effect of Sure Start on a range of outcomes throughout childhood and adolescence.

We set out the major challenges facing the adult social care system in England and explore potential future developments for the sector.

The new Chancellor faces a difficult fiscal inheritance. Her choices on tax and spending at this first Budget could define the rest of the parliament.

Plans for a Scottish ‘National Care Service’ would centralise over £4 billion of spending and may not lead to more consistent services.

In September, the government announced that it was introducing a cap on the lifetime social care costs faced by individuals. At the event a joint IFS-Health Foundation report was presented that looks at the implications of this change.

This briefing note considers the effects of the government’s proposed amendment to the Care Act, which would mean that means-tested support does not c