Social care saving incentives under consideration for Budget

Altmann (pictured) said, however, she "wouldn't be surprised" if Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond included measures to incentivise the public to save for care in later life - adding she would be "incredibly disappointed" to see the government fail to tackle the issue.   Describing the UK's social care situation as "potentially far worse than the pensions crisis", she said that, without some kind of incentive, people might not think about keeping some money back to put towards care in later life. She continued: "With increasing numbers of much older people in this country, it...