The Chancellor’s Budget announcement that a new single-tier state pension will be introduced early...
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Pilot Error
With the cross-party talks on social care funding reform now under way, there is at least one...
Pensions: Assessing the cost of auto-enrolment delay
Just occasionally, it is possible to do a piece of research that tests very precisely the...
An OBR for social care?
The English social care system is characterised by unmet need, excessive rationing by local...
The Dilnot dilemma
The summer is over. The party conference season is complete. What now for the long-term care...
Housing boost: the rental reality
Today saw the publication of a report on the private rental sector by Sir Adrian Montague. Its...
Care costs: does the ‘cap’ fit?
With the August break approaching, it’s worthwhile reviewing where the long-term care funding...
Joined-up care thinking
Attendance Allowance, the older people’s disability benefit, is one of those bits of public...
Care costs: one step at a time
With the Dilnot Commission on Funding Care and Support poised to make its final recommendations,...
Difficult to disagree with Dilnot
Today saw the long-awaited launch of the recommendations of the Commission on Funding Care and...