Much has been written in recent weeks about the accuracy of the statistics being banded about to support the campaigns to leave or remain in the European Union. We’ve all heard the claim that “we send £350m per week to the EU” repeated over and over again (indeed it is painted in big letters on the side of Boris Johnstone's bus) despite protestations from the UK Statistics Authority that we only “send” a net contribution of circa £270m after the rebate, and around 35% of that

Around 500,000 people across the UK receive domiciliary care each week but there is increasing doubt as to whether such services are sufficiently funded to be economically viable, and whether care workers are being properly rewarded for the valuable work they do. As anxious chief executives gather at the bedside, this article asks what is wrong with the homecare sector and what can be done to restore it to good health. Demographic and Social Changes The UK population is agin