Labour slammed for taking 3 YEARS to review social care – as top expert accuses MPs of being cowards on ‘urgent’ issue
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A THREE year probe into reforming Britain's broken social care system is "inappropriately" long, Sir Keir Starmer was warned today. Top economist Sir Andrew Dilnot blasted the PM for launching another lengthy probe into the long-term funding of support for the elderly.
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The architect of the abandoned "Dilnot reforms" slammed Labour for waiting until 2028, a year before the next general election, to be shown recommendations by the new Commission on Social Care, led by Baroness Louise Casey. Mr Dilnot told the Commons Health and Social Care committee: "I'd certainly like to see the Commission report earlier and I'd very much hope that it will.
"I don't get the impression that Louise Casey is somebody who likes to hang about. "I can't think of any reason why it should take three years, I simply can't. "The commission that I was part of took a year, a year from being commissioned to final reporting.".
Sir Andrew said ideas for reform should come in the first half of this parliament and the PM should consider whacking up taxes again to pay for them. The top economist blasted ministers from the current and former governments for having "not had courage to go forward and do something".
Sir Andrew said that it is "bleedin' obvious" that in an "affluent society" care should be properly funded - and the responsibility now lies with the PM to sort out the issue once and for all. He added: "I think Sir Keir's views will be absolutely critical in this and if the Prime Minister gets behind this then something, I think, will happen.
