MPs warn social care needs substantial investment to fix ‘broken’ system

Cross-party group’s report emphasises risk of failure after finding 3.5 million people not getting care they needA cross-party group of MPs has warned attempts to reform adult social care are doomed to fail unless ministers accept major investment is needed to overhaul a “broken” system that was failing millions of people.Reform of social care was typically seen by governments as a “burden” on the taxpayer, and a “drain on resources” rather than a positi