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    Labour ‘determined to make social care work’, says shadow minister

    by Aine Fox Apr 25, 2024 4 minutes

    A Labour government would be determined to “make social care work”, the shadow minister has pledged but said he cannot put a figure on how much investment there would be until the party was in power.

    Andrew Gwynne said the landscape Labour will inherit if they win the election “will be utterly dire”, but vowed to make the case for funding as he re-stated his party’s plan for a so-called national care service (NCS).

    A report published by a think tank last year at the request of shadow health secretary suggested an NCS could be launched on the in July 2028 – but warned there is no “quick fix for our social care emergency”.

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