Your Voice, Your Vote: 'An adult social crisis is waiting to happen'

Saffron Roberts-Carey said her family felt they were left on their own to sort and fund care for her mother and grandmother

She is among many people who are telling the BBC through Your Voice, Your Vote that the state of the care system is among their most pressing issues this election. Her mum requires carers twice a day as well as her daughter as an unpaid carer who says she has to fit it in alongside her full-time job. "At the moment, my mum is short of £2,000 every month after her pension and benefits go straight to care, so her savings make up the difference until they run out," she said.About a million people in England receive services that support them in care homes as well in their own homes,Many who rely on the care system want to know why the major political parties aren’t talking about it more.

Boris Johnson’s government did set a timetable for introducing an £86,000 cap or limit to an individual’s care costs over a lifetime. Originally due in 2023, its introduction in England was delayed until October next year.

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