it s not going to attract people to the sector, if the sector isn t appealing. it just needs to change. her boss says council fees simply don t cover the real costs of care. if we suddenly announced today that we were going to put salaries up across 6000 people, the charity wouldn t be here in a year or two s time, because we would be making substantial losses. we would have to sell off or shut down other parts of the charity, and when you ve got a growing national demand, that s the absolute opposite direction that you should be going on. the government says extra money has been put into the care system and that it will publish plans for reform later this year. alison holt, bbc news. the time is just after 6:15. our top story this evening: a police officer pleads guilty to murdering sarah everard after snatching her from a street in south london. and still to come: he s british she s italian, newly married and preparing to watch the final. we hear from some fans ahead