Budget 2020: Govt fails to 'get it done' on social care

The 2020 Budget, which Sunak took more than an hour to deliver, made only vague references to social care funding, despite Sunak repeatedly referencing it was the Budget of 'getting things done'.  The accompanying documents, which were released shortly after Sunak's speech, re-outlined the government's commitment to invest £1bn of additional funding for social care next year, which was announced last year. According to Aegon pensions director Steven Cameron, it was "deeply disappointing" to receive merely a "vague indication of how or when social care funding will be tackled". He s...