Jeremy Hughes, CEO at Alzheimer's Society responds the the Conservative Party's pledge to spend an extra £1bn a year on social care and to stage cross-party talks to find a long-term solution.

A Conservative government will ensure that nobody who needs social care will have to sell their home to pay for it, the Health Secretary has promised.

Anyone who has special educational needs has to fight for the support they need from the local authority and is hindered by considerable financial costs in a difficult legal system, writes Lord Addington. 

YouGov figures released as Royal College of GPs launches survey of its members on topic.

Ministers have been criticised after a review by the Government’s health watchdog found that falling staff numbers had prompted a “deterioration” in mental health services in England.

Labour will introduce free personal care for the elderly if the party wins the next general election, John McDonnell is to announce.

Hft, a UK charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has welcomed the publication of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Social Care’s report into the professionalisation of the social care workforce.

New Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to fix the "crisis" in social care "once and for all" with a clear plan to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve, as he spoke in Downing Street.

A new report by HfT highlights the challenges faced by a social care sector in financial crisis at a time when demand is growing.

Families which take in elderly relatives would receive tax breaks from the Government if Jeremy Hunt became Prime Minister.

Billions of pounds must be spent to restore quality and access in the adult social care system to an "acceptable" standard, peers have urged, Alzheimer's Society responds. 

The next Prime Minister should pump billions of pounds into the social care system to end the "national scandal" of vulnerable people going without the help they need, a new report has warned.

Labour has accused ministers of "neglect" as a new survey revealed that one in three councils fear they will not have the cash to provide basic services within five years.

Kemi Badenoch, local MP for Saffron Walden, has taken up the offer to walk in the shoes of people with learning disabilities as part of a campaign encouraging political leaders to gain a better understanding of the challenges they face.

Ministers have been accused of “ignoring” the effect of a no-deal Brexit on people with disabilities, as it emerged that no formal impact assessment on the issue has yet been carried out.

Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has vowed to shake up the tax system to encourage generations of families to "stick together more".

Following BBC One’s Panorama: Crisis In Care, Part Two: Who Pays? programme on 5 June 2019, Hft has issued the following statement

Hft, a national charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, has highlighted that social care staff are being commissioned at significantly lower rates of pay, compared to local authorities, and the Whitehall departments responsible for social care policy. 

Following BBC One’s Panorama: Crisis In Care, Part One: Who Cares? programme on 29 May 2019, Hft has issued the following statement.

Over the last 50 years, there has been an enormous improvement in the public’s attitude to disabled people. If we’ve seen those improvements over the last 50 years, we should now be optimistic that the next 50 years will promise even more, says Lord Borwick. 

The national learning disabilities charity, Hft, has been awarded Centre of Excellence status in recognition of its exemplary training provision by Skills for Care.

Four Seasons Health Care, one of Britain's largest care home companies, has gone into administration. The group cares for 17,000 residents and employs 22,000 people.

Ministers must plug the funding gap to save children’s services currently at “crisis point”, a group of influential MPs has demanded.

People over the age of 50 should be made to pay at least £300-a-year more in National Insurance to help solve Britain's "pressing" social care funding crisis, a senior ally of Theresa May has said.