ALT Mike Brewer, Deputy Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation, said: “Britain is getting older and sicker, while a greater share of its population has a disability. While these trends affect the whole of society, they are starkest in the poorest half of working-age families across the country. “But while we talk a lot about the effects of ageing and ill-health, the implications on demand for unpaid care is largely absent from political debate. That’s despite Britain having an ‘unsung army’ of one million people who do at least 35 hours of unpaid care work every week – equivalent to a full-time job. “It is time to provide better support for these carers and their families, just as we have done with working parents in recent decades. Carers deserve greater financial support in Universal Credit, more help to stay in work if they want to, and decent social care system to help the relieve the pressure on families.”