Tories need to act on resounding verdict of CMA & end cuts to local authority budgets – Barbara Keeley

Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow
Minister for Social Care,
commenting on a report from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which
has found that the current system
for providing social care is not sustainable without additional funding,
said:

“The Tory Government needs to act on
the resounding verdict of the Competition and Markets Authority and end their
swingeing cuts to local authority budgets, which have caused underfunding and
instability in the social care sector since 2010.

“Due to these cuts, £6.3 billion
will have been lost from social care budgets by March next year. This has meant
less publicly funded care for those in need, increased pressure on unpaid
family carers and worse conditions for hard-pressed care staff. 

“The Tory Government must now make
clear how they will enact the will of the House of Commons to meet the funding
gap for social care and act on the recommendations of the CMA so that the
rights of self-funders are protected.