clive betts said with demand for services growing and funding cuts, social care was under, "unsustainablen" with a £2.5 billion funding gap. leading to people going without the they need, those getting the care not getting sufficient care in terms of time or quality, leading to unpaid carers having to step into the breach, and placing significant pressures on care providers and the care workforce. a witness to the inquiry, andrew dilot, told us the system was consequently now at risk of "fairly significant disaster", very strong words indeed. and clive betts said the committee had concluded that billions of pounds of extra funding would be needed in the coming years. the two committees, with the help of what was called a "citizen's assembly", produced a unanimous report. it suggested raising money locally through changes to council and business taxes in the short to medium term and raising money nationally through a ring—fenced tax on the over—40s in england. forfairness, it would be paid on earnings above a threshold, and with the current national insurance limit being lifted. we suggest