State-funded care for UK disabled and elderly people becoming 'impossible'

Social services leaders warn funding gap of up to £7bn a year is likely to leave vulnerable people paying for their own support by end of next parliament Most elderly and disabled people with care needs face paying for their own support by the end of the next parliament unless the next government changes tack on spending priorities, social services leaders are warning. Sustaining state-funded adult social care services in some parts of England could become "almost impossible" unless funding is ...