Insurers and charities heap pressure on Govt for LTC reforms

They also noted employers were increasingly suffering the departure of staff who have been forced to care for family members in the absence of sufficient state support. Their calls were tempered by John Redwood MP, chair of the Conservative economic affairs committee, who claimed the reforms identified by the Dilnot Report focused too heavily on "trying to protect the inheritance of children of the elderly". He suggested instead that more emphasis should be put on those who could afford it contributing more for their care, including from their estate. The open-letter published by t...