DISABLED people are sleeping fully clothed in wheelchairs, surviving on biscuits and waiting 14 hours to use the toilet because of steep cuts to care services, a report revealed yesterday.

Social care is “crumbling” as a result of government funding neglect, research by charity Scope found, and the growing deficit is estimated to be at least £700 million a year.

Out of 500 people surveyed by Scope, 83 per cent who had their care hours cut said they did not get enough support from cash-starved councils to help with basic needs like washing and eating.