A Chartered financial planner's view on social care reform
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The Queen has confirmed plans for an overhaul of the UK state pension system in the upcoming Pensions Bill.
Stephen Lowe looks at the current raft of long term care reforms
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has brought the social care spending cap forward to 2016 to protect funding above £72,000.
HSBC has called for greater policymaker intervention on raising awareness of retirement income shortfall given "massive" long-term care cost increases.
Labour has challenged the health secretary's claims that the introduction of a cap on care fees would kick-start insurance solutions.
The ABI has called for a national awareness campaign on the public's right to social care once the Care and Support Bill is published in the spring.
Financial advisers will be ‘centre stage' in the future long-term care system, according to the minister for care and support.
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