Tories confirm means-tested care policy and scrapping of triple lock

At the launch of the Conservative party manifesto on Thursday, May confirmed the party would raise the means-tested threshold for elderly care from £23,250 to £100,000, which would be taken from a person's estate when they die. She also confirmed winter fuel payments, which the elderly currently receive regardless of need, would be means-tested. She said the party's planned care policy was the "first real plan to maintain the quality of social care, a challenge that has been ducked by the government for too long". 'Double lock' The manifesto said "it was now time to set pensions ...