Care workers, care recipients, think tanks and parliament itself agree that social care reform is urgently needed. But this plan’s lack of detail and insufficient funding suggest that it a ways off.
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Emeritus Professor of Finance and Financial History, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance, The Open University
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Professor of Public Policy and Public Management, University of Birmingham
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Research Associate and Deputy Director of Policy at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield
