Care costs: one step at a time

June 13, 2011

With the Dilnot Commission on Funding Care and Support poised to make its final recommendations, Ed Miliband making a ‘big, open’ offer to the government to participate in cross-party talks, and the Southern Cross debacle putting social care firmly in the minds of the public like never before, the policy debate on how we should fund older people’s long-term care is about to become very intense indeed.

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Author: James Lloyd, Strategic Society Centre

Publisher: Public Finance

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