Dilnot commission: Care costs should be capped

Speaking ahead of the publication of the Dilnot Commission's report, Andrew Dilnot, the commission's head, said currently people have to pay for their own care if they have assets worth more than £23,250. The independent Dilnot report says the threshold should rise to £100,000 and suggests a £35,000 lifetime cap on costs. The commission estimated a cost to the government of its recommendations at about £1.7bn a year, which Dilnot insisted was "affordable". One of the main industry fears leading to the publication of the report has been that its findings would be unwelcome to the Go...