Why The Chancellor`s Silence On Social Care Will Harm People Like My Daughter
(World News UK)

Wednesday 22 November 2017 was the first Autumn Budget for 21 years and it was notable to me because of the silence surrounding social care. My daughter Emily is 20-year-old, which means she wasn´t here when the last Autumn Budget was delivered. Notably she wasn´t in any of the Chancellor´s statements yesterday either. Emily is learning disabled with autism and epilepsy and she is reliant upon dual funding from the NHS and the council in order to live a semblance of independent life to which we all aspire. For Emily, complete independence is impossible because her independence comes with a 24 hour care package attached for life. Emily is also due to transfer over to Universal Credit in...