Solving the puzzle of social care: the time for action is now

Solving the puzzle of social care: the time for action is now Social care is one of the biggest policy puzzles in English politics. A succession of reviews has suggested how the puzzle might be solved but governments of all colours have failed to find the will or the means to act. In the words of Labour’s former home secretary, Charles Clarke, social care remains firmly in the ‘too difficult’ box, seemingly resistant to the solutions put forward by some of the best brains in the land. The King's Fund