Calls for the Budget to help care sector

Next week’s Budget must include a once in a lifetime moment for the care of older and vulnerable people, care providers said today.They are urging the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to take the bold step of tackling social care in his speech on Wednesday.Provider organisation The Independent Care Group (ICG) says extra funding for the sector would tackle the crisis in care which has left 1.4m people without the care they need.ICG Chair Mike Padgham said: “The Budget offers Rishi Sunak the