in the health service, that - care? £10 billion a year is needed in the health service, that cannot| in the health service, that cannot be delivered, then we need to be clear about what can be. real investment into social care has declined over the last ten years and several billion pounds will be neededin several billion pounds will be needed in social care in the next couple of years. it is important to stress two things about social care, firstly, the way that the present means tested system works. but there is also a pressing need, and this is very much in the interests of the health of the population, for long term investment and reform of social care, a service geared less around crisis response and more about investing in the quality of people s lives, particularly people s lives, particularly people s lives, particularly people s lives in their own homes. and that is the opportunity and the real necessity for the government and health and social care leaders working together,
lives. it is also important to add that much of the discussion today will understandably be about the cost people s homes, the cost and the impact of their homes as they get older. there are vital social care services also provided to working age adults will differ built with disabilities. one of the announcements we must see today is how the investment we would into those services long term as well because they are part of the social care provision in this country and are really important part of it. hagar are really important part of it. how should the money are really important part of it. how should the money be prioritised? one of the issues that is often raised is that social care is a poor relation to the nhs and social care workers get a lot less, there is a shortfall of staff in the social care sector and it is very hard to attract and keep them when they can go to the nhs will get paid more there. if that aspect is put right,
cabinet meeting for many months. it s a hot day in westminster and there were probably heated exchanges over the cabinet table this morning because we know privately some members have raised concerns about the idea of breaking the manifesto promise of putting up national insurance to pay for this social care plan. the prime minister in the next couple of hours will make the shortjourney next couple of hours will make the short journey to the next couple of hours will make the shortjourney to the houses of parliament which is when we will get the detail and around about lunchtime of what exactly this plan is, what the cap will be on the maximum amount people can pay for their care in their lifetime and then there will be a news conference this afternoon, notjust with the prime minister but with the chancellor and the health secretary sajid javid too, putting on a united front, well aware of how controversial this policy is. lets brina controversial this policy is. lets brin: in controve
cambo is removing oil, fossil fuel, from the ground but viking energy, in order to get their turbines up, they are using. they are displacing the peat, which is a fossil fuel. viking energy say they are restoring far more peatland than they disturb. the carbon payback of this project, taking all those things into account, will be less than two years. we have a vast renewable energy resource in shetland, and the whole world is moving to carbon net zero shetland needs to play its part. modern shetland was built on oil. the proceeds paid for this swimming pool and seven others, but now these beautiful islands are torn about when and how to give up their grimy golden goose. james cook, bbc news, lerwick. the headlines on bbc news: the long awaited plan to pay for the growing cost of social care in england will be set out by the prime minister today.
going to be a busy political calendar and will get a sense of it this afternoon from about 2:20pm. the headlines on bbc news: the long awaited plan to pay for the growing cost of social care in england will be set out by the prime minister today. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her government s programme for the next year at holyrood this afternoon. the taliban say they re now in control of the panjshir valley the last province to fall to them. the resistance says it will fight on. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says he s been assured by the taliban that they ll allow people to leave afghanistan, as long as they have proper travel documents. mr blinken is in doha for talks with qatar s leaders. there are thought to be about 100 american citizens still in afghanistan many of them dual nationals. mr blinken said the us