Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain - why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it? | Gaby Hinsliff

Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a 'dementia tax' or a 'death tax'. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple In a church hall in suburban Croydon, south London, a familiar Beatles medley plays. The crowd sways and sings along, and an 80-year-old woman reaches out to hold her husband's hand. Paul has vascular dementia and can no longer speak, but he smiles occasionally as if in recognition. His wife, Jill, says they were sent home after his diagnos...