Fixing social care ‘very, very difficult’, says PM
Boris Johnson also said cross-party proposals on social care will be brought forward in the next few months during his visit to east London.
He told Sky News: “Well, obviously we’re investing massively in social care, in protecting social care, in making sure that people are well looked after in the social care sector, so an overall package of about £3.7 billion has gone to local councils.
“And you know about the social care action plan to stop the spread of Covid, of coronavirus, in social care, which is being very successful.”
Johnson then addressed what he called “the long-term plan for the funding of social care to make sure that people are protected from the risk of having to sell their homes to pay for the possibly exorbitant costs of social care that some people do face”.
He said: “That’s, if I may say, that’s a separate thing. We will be bringing forward proposals.”
He added: “This is something we haven’t been able, as country, to fix for 30 years. It’s a very, very difficult … but we will be bringing forward cross-party proposals in the next few months.”
