It is commonplace to lament the failure to properly fund social care as a failure of political leadership. It’s a fair charge, but it’s worth tracing that failure back to its root: property wealth.
The current government has already proposed changing the cap on social care. It is also edging towards a limited and illtargeted effort to drip a little more money into care, by way of additional National Insurance Contributions. Raising some more cash is welcome. Doing so by taxing earned income is not.