Ellie Chowns – Westminster leader, Green Party

Successive governments have treated social care as a political football for too long, while ordinary families have paid the price for their failure to act. People are left without the support they need, unpaid carers are stretched to breaking point and care workers remain undervalued.

This cannot go on. If we are serious about delivering lasting change, MPs from across the political spectrum must put party aside and work together for the greater good.

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Damian Hinds MP – Shadow secretary of state for health and social care, Conservative Party

Sojan Joseph – Labour MP and chair of the APPG on Adult Social Care