The Care Minister Caroline Dinenage has confirmed that the government is currently more inclined to introduce a cap on social care costs, rather than implement ‘new taxes.’ In an exclusive interview with carehome.co.uk, the minister disregarded the idea of a new ‘over-40’ tax, which would help pay for social care. On the issue, the care …
The government has introduced a set of deprivation of liberty safeguard reforms which, it claims, will lessen the burden on local authorities, whilst saving an approximate £200 million a year. These savings will contribute to frontline care and tackle the backlog of 108,000 people currently with un-reviewed safeguards. The new bill has been drafted to …
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