Brits should pay no more than £45k towards cost of social care in their lifetime, says top economist
“This is one bit of our welfare provision which hasn’t been brought in."It's now a huge issue and I think there is political consensus to be achieved here, there is goodwill. We just need to get this across the line., to the Treasury, to all parties in government and to our wider society to say this is a really, really important challenge for us.
“There is an opportunity here to do something really good that can help people who are receiving care and those who love them have a much better life than they have at the moment and to make the economy work more efficiently.TAKE THE TESTHaving sex at least once a week halves the risk of early death, study claimsULTIMATE PREDATORBoy, 3, in hospital after being bitten by adder during picnic
“Let’s just do it.” Sir Andrew led the cross-party Dilnot Commission into social care funding in 2010, with his report published the following year. It suggested introducing a cap of £35,000 but successive governments have still not decided the best way to fund the system. Sir Andrew said of his cap yesterday: “You're giving real assurance to most people who are not covered by the means-tested system that they're not going to lose everything - you're taking the fear away.”NHS and social care staff will no longer have to pay the immigrant surcharge - and can get a refund backdated to March
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