The economy flounders in and out of recession. The Chancellor’s deficit reduction plan has failed. The coalition parties may or may not be punished at the next election. To get the economy moving, infrastructure investment funded with cheap government borrowing is touted as the only game in town.
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Author : James Lloyd, Strategic Society Centre
Publisher: LSE Politics and Policy Blog
England’s system for funding social care for has long faced calls for reform. This article for Prospect explores the government's proposed limit on how much older people have to pay out for their care. By James Lloyd To read more, click here.
Ten years on from the Commission on Funding of Care and Support (the ‘Dilnot Comission’), the ‘capped cost’ model is again at the centre of debate on how to make England’s system of means tested support for care costs fairer. By James Lloyd The fact such a debate is...
The 2019 election saw the Conservative Party win seats that may define the Government’s attitude to reforming care funding. By James Lloyd The 2019 Conservative election manifesto said little on care funding in England, promising just £1 billion extra each year...
Locked out of home ownership, the state would be left to foot the bill for Generation Rent The Independent, August 2nd , 2016 By Hannah Fearn To read more click here.