here's alison holt.raig can spend hours each week driving 100 miles between his home and his parents to help look after them. his mother anne has dementia and needs constant care, his father is also struggling. we visited the family a year ago. then, they were getting nhs help. now, the family is paying the £1,500 a week bill for her care. the new independent commission aims to draw up a blueprint for an affordable care system for the future. but the pressures of staff shortages and underfunding are there now. mum's savings will run out at some point, clearly, so that's a worry. she's not going to get better, sadly, and if anything, dad's going to deteriorate as well. in england, anyone with savings or assets of more than £23,250 pays for all of their care. 0n bbc 5 live today, caller after caller described how frightening costs could be. i don't think people realise how much it costs. why would it cost £3,000 per week to keep my mum at home, £3,000 a week to keep my mum at home with 24—hour care? my wif

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alison holt, bbc news.he acting president to intervene, after an attempt to arrest the impeached president, yoon suk yeol, was foiled by his security team. mr yoon is wanted over his botched declaration of martial law last month. the investigators — accompanied by police — had their way blocked by some 200 security staff as they arrived at the presidential compound. the crisis has plunged south korea into political chaos after a long period of stable democratic government, asjean mckenzie reports from seoul. the standoff started before dawn. police blocked the roads around the president's home, pushing back his incensed supporters. as the sun rose, officers moved in on his house to make the arrest, but they were unable to get in, blocked by the president's security team, who formed a human chain to keep them out. at lunchtime, they gave up. an arrest was impossible, they said, and they were concerned for their safety. it's been exactly a month since president yoon plunged his country into crisis, imposing m

with more here's our social affairs editor alison holt.at supports people in care homes or in their own homes has been in crisis for years. councils who buy most care, and service providers, say they're juggling growing demand against underfunding and staff shortages. the government says care costs will double in the next 20 years, so the task for the new commission is to draw up sustainable and affordable plans for the future. the new care commission will be led by baroness louise casey, who has led past government inquiries, and has a reputation for getting things done. the commission will start work in april. it's been told it must build political and public consensus to avoid the arguments that have led to the failure of past plans. proposals for medium—term reforms will be published by mid—2026. but the final report — with its plans for how care services will be organised and paid for in the long term — is unlikely to be delivered before 2028. care providers say they need a plan for the future much sooner. the announcement about an in

alison holt, bbc news.hen asked about the review, and whether it was enough to solve the problems the sector is facing. we are gripping the social care crisis, that we are looking to stabilise the sector over the next 12—24 months, but also to deliver the reforms that we need for the medium and the long term to make sure that we have got a national care service that's fit to meet the needs of older and disabled people in our country. i wish we could fix these problems faster but i don't have a magic wand. let's speak to our political correspondent leila nathoo. you and i both know there have been numerous reviews over the past 25 years on this issue and they failed to bring any change. as alison outlined in her report, its all down to money isn't it? it her report, it's all down to money isn't it?— her report, it's all down to money isn't it? it is, and the decision _ money isn't it? it is, and the decision making _ money isn't it? it is, and the decision making being - money isn't it? it is, and the decisi

alison holt, bbc news.his to say when asked about the review, and whether it was enough to solve the problems the sector is facing. we are gripping the social care crisis, that we are looking to stabilise the sector over the next 12—24 months, but also to deliver the reforms that we need for the medium and the long term to make sure that we have got a national care service that's fit to meet the needs of older and disabled people in our country. i wish we could fix these problems faster but i don't have a magic wand. a short time ago, we spoke to our political correspondent leila nathoo. she described how this issue doesn'tjust come down to money. it is also down to the decision making and the desire to be bold, because successive governments have grappled with this issue and wes streeting's point of view is that politics has always got in the way so the way he is putting it today is general election campaigns are where social care plans go to die. he argues whenever a government has tried to present a solu

alison holt, bbc news. lets speak to vicki young.ention to reach across party consensus on this, it's taking too long, the liberal democrats saying that they are bewildered by the proposed length of this review. why is the government saying it's taking as long as potentially 2028 before we hear the results? it potentially 2028 before we hear the results? . . , potentially 2028 before we hear the results? . ., , , results? it certainly is the timescale _ results? it certainly is the timescale of _ results? it certainly is the timescale of this - results? it certainly is the - timescale of this independent commission that's attracting most of the reaction today — and that's because as you say, although there will be some interim recommendations in 2026, the final bit of the report, which is the most contentious part of it, as in funding and who pays for it, could take up until 2028. and even though wes streeting says he wants political consensus, obviously the massive labour majority don't actually need to have that — they could just g

here's alison holt.d his parents to help look after them. his mother anne has dementia and needs con5tant care. his father is also struggling. we visited the family a year ago. then they were getting nhs help. now the family is paying the £1,500 a week bill for her care. the new independent commission aims to draw up a blueprint for an affordable care system for the future. but the pressures of staff shortages and underfunding are there now. mum's savings will run out at some point, clearly, so that's a worry. she's not going to get better, sadly, and if anything, dad's going to deteriorate as well. in england, anyone with savings or assets of more than £23,250 pays for all their care. 0n bbc 5 live today, caller after caller described how frightening costs could be. i don't think people realise how much it costs. why would it cost £3,000 a week to keep my mum at home, £3,000 a week to keep my mum at home with 24—hour care? my wife had a stroke in 2012. i'm a 24/7 carer, actually. it's absolutely intoler

here's alison holt.we visited the family a year ago. then, they were getting nhs help. now, the family is paying the £1,500 a week bill for her care. the new independent commission aims to draw up a blueprint for an affordable care system for the future. but the pressures of staff shortages and underfunding are there now. mum's savings will run out at some point, clearly, so that's a worry.

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alison holt, bbc news. cold morning this morning, naga, fora it is very cold morning this morning, naga, for a lot of people, which for some people it isjust something to contend with but a real worry for others white matt was one of us and we will have an update a little later. the uk health security agency is warning that vulnerable and elderly people could be at risk as temperatures drop well below freezing. an amber cold health alert has been issued across the whole of england — with separate weather warnings for snow and ice in place across england, wales, and parts of scotland until monday. our reporter simonjones has more. snow, ice, torrential rain, flooding — the wintry weather has arrived with a vengeance — and the warning is, more is on the way. after what was an unseasonably mild christmas period, you can certainly feel it has got a lot, lot colder. and that's why health—care providers like this hospital have been put on a state of high alert for the coming days. the uk health security agency ha

alison holt, bbc news.ment is saying plans such as the _ the government is saying plans such as the extra — the government is saying plans such as the extra money it is putting into adapt— as the extra money it is putting into adapt the homes of people with disability, _ into adapt the homes of people with disability, and plans for training care staff— disability, and plans for training care staff to do more checks, health checks, _ care staff to do more checks, health checks, are — care staff to do more checks, health checks, are part of getting on with reforming — checks, are part of getting on with reforming social care right now. they— reforming social care right now. they also — reforming social care right now. they also say they want to build that consensus to avoid physical disagreements which in the past have led disagreements which in the past have ted to— disagreements which in the past have ted to the _ disagreements which in the past have led to the failures of plans which have _ led to the fail