Social care is the thorny issue which politicians have failed to solve for decades. Today though, the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham put it back on the political agenda as he called for a ‘National Care Service’, saying that social care in the UK is “as unfair” as the healthcare system in the US.

OPINION: 'Andy Burnham may finally announce a funding plan to reform social care - but we’re paying the price now in taxpayers' cash as well as human misery'

After 22 failed reforms in 30 years, former health secretary faces huge funding challenge