The day after a Budget is the traditional time for commentators to form a view on just who the winners and losers really are. From this perspective, it would be easy to chalk up the much-trailed announcements on social care as a win for older generations.
But, as the Resolution Foundation’s Intergenerational Commission is currently exploring, the pressing challenge facing our social care system matters to all of us. We live in families and want the best for our parents and grandparents. The fiscal challenge of funding the health and care system for the large and longer-living baby boomer cohort entering retirement is a shared one. So to what extent should the 2017 Spring Budget put us at ease?
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