By Mithran Samuel

Like pensions and climate change, the future funding of adult social care is an issue ripe for resolution through party political consensus.

After all, no government is going to be able to escape the profound implications of the increased lifespan of disabled people and a rapidly ageing population, and all three of the main parties recognise that this is a big problem.

However, today's debate on the issue between Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat representatives, hosted by the Local Government Association, indicates that inter-party harmony on this subject seems as far away as ever.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2009/03/party-political-consensus-on-a.html