
Mission
& Purpose
The SCF is a UK-wide cross-party think tank and pressure group promoting debate on adult social care to encourage the Government and all political parties to give the issue more urgent attention. SCF does this by using evidence from the sector itself as well as providing a platform for academics and researchers.

Latest news

Former deputy PM calls for radical overhaul of UK social care system
11 September 2025
Think tank report warns that social care is “in limbo” and needs urgent reform
Read on the Home Care Insight website
Social care tax needed as part of urgent and radical reform, report suggests
10 September 2025
Social care should be funded through a new tax with the option for people to pay a pension-style “care supplement”, a report has suggested..
Read on the Care Appointments website