Social care is a “creaking, inconsistent and impenetrable” system held together with “sticking plasters and glue", the peer leading the review into the sector has warned. Baroness Louise Casey has been tasked with leading an independent probe into social care , to pave the way for the "National Care Service" that Labour promised in its manifesto. In a major speech at the Nuffield Trust, Lady Casey called for a "reckoning", and offered an update on the work of her commission, which is expected