The Tories have kicked the can down the road on social care yet again with no plans for the ailing sector contained in the Queen's Speech.
Despite promising an "optimistic and ambitious" programme of domestic legislation, the Prime Minister has failed to set out how to tackle the growing crisis.
Theresa May was accused of kicking the can down the road after she repeatedly delayed plans for a ‘green paper’ on social care first planned for summer 2017.
Her blighted social care plans in the 2017 general election campaign were dubbed a “dementia tax” and blamed for the Tories losing their majority in the 2017 general election.
During the Tory leadership contest, Boris Johnson said he had a reform plan ready to go once he arrived in office.
But so far there has been no suggestion of what the government would actually do.
Last month the government announced a £1.5bn cash injection for social care but it was quickly dismissed by experts as a "short term sticking plaster".
And of the £1.5bn for social care, £500m has to be raised by councils rather than funding from government.
While the Queen's Speech contained a passing reference to the need to fix the crisis but there was no timescale or detail on any changes.
Charities and councils have warned that the system is at breaking point.
Tory cuts have hit funding by an average of 9% per person since 2010 leaving the system close to collapse.
Research by Age UK found that almost 30% of areas in the UK are “care deserts” due to an exodus of staff and providers pulling out due to Tory funding cuts.
The report found that in 2,244 of 7,578 postcode areas in England there were no care home places even for those with the money to pay.
