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Will the ‘capped cost’ model become a reality?
Ten years on from the Commission on Funding of Care and Support (the ‘Dilnot Comission’), the...
Social Care Funding and the new Conservative Government
The 2019 election saw the Conservative Party win seats that may define the Government’s attitude...
Reforming the Precept: A stepping-stone to sustainable care
The 'social care precept' represents a major innovation in financing public expenditure on care in...
Attendance Allowance and Local Government: Examining the evidence and the options
What do the government's plans for devolving Attendance Allowance to local government mean for...
Rebooting the Cap: Improving protection from catastrophic care costs
Options for reforming long-term care funding in England, based on the principle of capping...
Jeremy Hunt’s U-turn on social care ‘cost taxpayer £100m’
The Observer, July 25th, 2015 By Toby Helm and Lisa Bachelor To read more, click here.
England’s care tragedy
The government’s decision to pause the ‘capped cost’ care reforms for four years has probably...
What price ‘peace of mind’ for social care?
The Dilnot reforms to the social care funding system were supposed to have solved the problem. But...
Insurance companies have told the BBC they have no plans for products for care needs
Today programme, Radio 4, January 29th, 2015To read more, click here.