内容摘要：However, the prime minister's official spokesman later said: "You heard from the prime minister this morning.

However, the prime minister's official spokesman later said: "You heard from the prime minister this morning.

Perhaps like most people, Brian never expected he would need social care. But in a population that is ageing and living longer with complex conditions, many of us will.About a million people in England receive services that support them in care homes as well in their own homes, according to the King’s Fund think-tank. Many who rely on the care system want to know why the major political parties aren’t talking about it more.

An open letter has been sent to politicians signed by 24,000 people and more than 50 organisations warning it would be a betrayal of the public if a new government ignored social care. A second letter from another 20 bodies, including council groups and care workers, urges politicians to use the remainder of the campaign to be ambitious about reform.And the care system is among the issues most commonly raised by people contacting the BBC's Your Voice Your Vote - which lets you suggest stories for BBC News to look into.Some older and disabled people are left having to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds towards their care.

that a further 2.6 million people need support with day-to-day tasks like washing, dressing and medication, but aren’t able to get that help.In short, the system is outdated, unfair and crying out for reform - and on that there is broad political agreement.

But the two main political parties have steered away from detailed plans. In the first televised leaders’ debate of the general election campaign, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer spent a total of 36 seconds on the subject - neither challenging the other on what they said.

You can perhaps understand nerves among Labour and the Conservatives as in previous elections both parties have seen campaigns crashed by the issue of social care.He also said that visitors to the area were not staying as long as they used to, and that going to the cinema was no longer a "priority".

For cinemas to stay open, "people need to come to them", he added.Mr Morris, who runs several cinemas, said: "I've been depressed about it for quite some time.

"I've put a lot of time and money into the cinema, we moved up here to take over the Royalty and our principal reason for our being here is no longer."So it's lots of sad things all rolled into one, really."