Axed minister hits out at govt over long-term care inaction

Paul Burstow, until recently the care services minister, also said David Cameron may lack the "political will" to help elderly people who are too frail to look after themselves. Writing in the Telegraph, the Liberal Democrat MP was critical of the failure to follow up on the Dilnot Commission's recommendations of implementing a £35,000 cap on contributions towards social care costs. He added: "I fear the Coalition could be tempted to put care financing back in the ‘too difficult to do' drawer. He also suggested any idea of a ‘voluntary cap' where people would have to pay fees to ‘o...