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A double whammy of winter fuel payment cuts and scrapping a planned cap on social care costs is set to hit older people

Before the general election, former prime minister Rishi Sunak was asked on TV why he “hated pensioners”. After her recent speech in parliament, the same question might be directed at Chancellor Rachel Reeves. She has launched an assault on pensioners in England and Wales akin to the classic boxing “one-two”.

The Conversation

Labour has ‘failed another generation of families’ with cancellation of social care reforms, Dilnot says

Sir Andrew Dilnot, whose government-backed commission proposed a cap on social care costs, described the cancellation of planned reforms as a ‘a tragedy’

The Independent UK

Why government debt is not like household borrowing

Senior economists have complained to BBC about Laura Kuenssberg comparing Whitehall spending to taking out a credit card

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on social care: the Lib Dems have a plan. It should be welcomed

After years of broken Tory promises, Sir Ed Davey’s policy of free home visits is a step forward

The Guardian - UK

‘Grow up’ and talk about social care, Andrew Dilnot tells Labour and Tories

As an election approaches, both parties must end their irresponsible silence about the crisis in England, pleads the architect of funding reforms

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the future of social care: a chance for Labour

Editorial: Conservative neglect of the system has been a disaster. Wes Streeting and his colleagues must show they can do better

The Guardian - UK

‘Shaming’ level of misery caused by UK social care uncovered by major survey

Two-thirds of people who have used social care report bad experiences, as problems of low pay and poor training grow

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Debt, bad; work, good: ‘pub bore’ beliefs that seal a miserable fate for the poorest

Politicians and the media often present policies as moral duties, when they are nothing of the sort

The Guardian - UK

BBC has 'no solution' to Scotland vs England impartiality issue, internal review says

THE BBC has “no solution” to the impartiality problem posed by the difference between English and Scottish politics, an in-depth report into…

The National (Scotland)

State of social care a ‘tragedy’ and cost-of-living crisis a ‘catastrophe’

Two experts have spoken out about the state of social care and the effects of the rising cost of living on people’s health.

The Independent UK

There are fairer ways to fund social care for all

Letters: Michael Hill, John Harvey and Tim Johnson on the reforms needed to create a social care system that doesn’t fail people when they’re most vulnerable

The Guardian - UK

Raising council tax to fund social care will deepen inequality in UK, experts warn

Jeremy Hunt’s plans criticised for delay to reform, shifting burden to local authorities and ‘skewing the system’

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt squirms as he's confronted with his own comments about social care cap

The Chancellor yesterday deferred a much-anticipated cap on care homes, which would have seen an £86,000 lifetime cap on how much someone would pay for care - despite having said the issue had been "ducked" by governments back in 2013

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt put vital social care reforms on hold – and failed Britain’s most vulnerable people

Deferring the improved funding system abandons individuals and families needing social care, says Andrew Dilnot, chair of the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support

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The Independent UK

Social care cap architect astonished over ‘really distressing’ reform delay

On Thursday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that reforms promised by Boris Johnson’s government will be delayed for two years.

The Guardian - UK

Architect of Tory social care cap plans ‘puzzled’ by Hunt’s two-year delay

Andrew Dilnot says chancellor has broken 2019 manifesto promise to ‘fix social care’ and implement changes finalised year ago

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt delays social care cost cap plans OLD

The reforms would cap individual costs for care

The Independent UK

Andrew Dilnot: ‘absolutely essential’ promised social care reforms go ahead

Sir Andrew warned Liz Truss not to row back on key social care reforms as it would ‘abandon some of the most vulnerable people in our society’.

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