LTC - is it all smoke and mirrors?

In the last week a £75,000 care cap has been leaked to the media; the coalition has placed Dilnot at the heart of its ‘re-launch' and former care minister Paul Burstow has provoked controversy with a call for universal fuel benefits to be scrapped to fund care. However some question whether this is merely rhetoric? After all the £75,000 cap was not announced as expected in the Coalition statement. Indeed, the Coalition did not actually announce anything other than a commitment to make a later announcement; and Paul Burstow conceded that he provoked controversy, in part, to ensure Diln...