Steep fall in home help despite rise in the number of old people

Half of English councils surveyed in Freedom of Information request have reduced care packages for the elderly since 2015The number of old people receiving social care support in their homes has fallen sharply over the last three years, despite a rapid rise in the elderly population and repeated government promises to tackle a crisis of provision, disturbing new figures reveal today.Data obtained through Freedom of Information requests to local authorities in England show that more than half of