The Government is at risk of forgetting the poorest in the long-term care funding debate according to new research.
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith's think tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has said while Dilnot's proposals are preoccupied with shielding individuals from using all of their assets for care fees, the neediest are being left behind. Christian Guy, the managing director of the CSJ, said: "Our social care system is on life support and public money is in short supply. Years of political paralysis must now come to an end. Under the current means-tested system, pensioners with assets below £23,250 are dependent on help from the state. Andrew Dilnot has proposed raising...
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