Rachel Powild (Guardian letters) makes the point that we do have a wealth tax to fund social care, its just levied on those in need, not on the general population.... or more importantly, the wealthy!
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Andy Burnham wants to end profit-making social care,
This might involve rebalancing the market, moving to a preference for non-profits; or forcing the pace for conversion *to* non-profit(s).
Either way, he'll need to expend considerable political capital, as there will likely be much resistance, from the firms themselves and also from clients in any transition that sees capacity drop (before being picked up by the public sector & non-profits).
#SocialCare #politics
https://theconversation.com/why-andy-burnham-is-right-to-want-for-profit-firms-out-of-social-care-288740
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I'll forgive Andy Burnham quite a lot if he actually does, in the next couple of years, manage to build a consensus to establish a fairer, more just & more humane social care system in England.
It a massive job, but if he does it, it may well be the most consequential thing he can do for the future of this country.
That said, it doesn't give him a total free pass on other issues.... but social care can (and will?) be his signature success of he pulls it off!
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