Sunday 8 July 2012

AUDIO: Delay to social care cost plan

The shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, has urged the government to produce a clear timetable for changing the system of social care funding in England. Ministers will publish a progress report next week which will back the principles of last year's Dilnot Report - which recommended a cap on the amount any individual would have to pay in care costs. But no decision on the details of the level of any cap, how it will be paid for or when it will be implemented are expected until late next

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