This morning it was reported that a ‘do or die’ meeting to agree on a plan for social care, between the prime minister, the chancellor and the health secretary, scheduled for Tuesday, will not go ahead.
Whilst members of the UK government can’t even manage to talk effectively amongst themselves about the problems in social care, in the US, Joe Biden’s new administration is getting on with fixing them.
The new president’s infrastructure plan, intended to boost jobs and aid recovery from COVID-19, includes a $400bn investment to expand access to home and community-based services for older people and people with disabilities.
