Former pensions minister under David Cameron's Conservative government Ros Altmann has launched another scathing attack on the Tory's planned social care reforms.
The pensions expert said the policy plans, first drawn up in the Conservative party manifesto, do not seem to have been thought through, are "a disaster" and "are never likely to be implemented". In its manifesto the party said it planned to 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. However, soon afterwards the party performed a u-turn on the policy, saying there would be a cap on social care spending - a clause in the policy not initially outlined in the manifesto. Altmann (pictured) sa...
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