Symponia attacks lower care cap

Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) has revealed Wednesday's Budget will bring forward key reforms to social care - including capping costs at £72,000 rather than the planned £75,000. The cap will be introduced 12 months earlier than originally intended, in 2016.  "Tomorrow we're going to say that we're going to bring forward the Dilnot cap," Osborne told the BBC. "The so-called cap on social care costs so people are protected from the rather random costs of getting a disease late in life and seeing your home sold to pay for those care costs." Symponia, the national professional b...