Skip to contentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.Join todayAlready a member? Log inAnna LorenWednesday 11 November 2026 10:05 GMTAndy Burnham says his first Budget as prime minister was not 'ideal'Baroness Louise Casey has accused successive governments of being asleep at the wheel over social care, describing Covid-19 pandemic care home failings as a national shame.New research commissioned for her review into social care reform concluded that the system in England is fundamentally fragmented with no single point of overall responsibility.The report by the Nuffield Trust and Institute for Government highlights that England is the only UK nation without a mandatory register of social care workers.Baroness Casey backed recommendations from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, which found care homes were treated as an afterthought during the pandemic.Speaking at the National Children and Adult Services Conference, Baroness Casey called for a new settlement for care ahead of her final reform recommendations due next summer.In fullSocial care review says governments have been 'asleep at the wheel' for decadesMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in