Labour aims to reform England’s adult social care sector if it wins election

Party-commissioned report sets out roadmap for a national care service to tackle inadequate state provision

Significant reform of England's beleaguered adult social care sector could be ushered in by the next Labour government under plans that include boosting pay for care workers, expanding the scope of free support, and a 50 weekly contribution towards costs for those who need it.

A report by the Fabian Society thinktank, requested by the shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, and commissioned by the trade union Unison, sets out a roadmap for a national care service (NCS) that is hoped would address the existing patchy, impersonal and inadequate state provision.