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Ministers to reveal care bills cap

By Press Association, Feb 11, 2013

The coalition is to announce that elderly care bills are to be capped by the state in a £1 billion move expected to be funded by dragging more people into inheritance tax
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Warning on social care funding gap

By Press Association, Jan 09, 2013

The funding gap for providing adult social care in the capital will amount to £907 million within five years, according to a report published by London Councils
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NHS warns over social care funding

By Press Association, Sep 24, 2012

NHS leaders have warned the Government not to saddle the health service with the costs of a long-term funding gap of £2 billion a year for social care
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Reforms to end social care postcode lottery

By Press Association, Jul 09, 2012

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has pledged to end the "postcode lottery" of social care in England from 2015 by imposing a national minimum eligibility threshold
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Labour offer on elderly care reform

By Press Association, Jun 19, 2012

Labour has offered to suspend "politics as usual" in an attempt to find a long-term solution to the problems of funding social care for the elderly in England
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Social care system 'needs reform'

By Press Association, May 29, 2012

More public funds will have to be found to stop vulnerable older people from falling through the net and to support those who face high, unpredictable care costs
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Government failing on social care crisis

By Sarah Coles, May 24, 2012

New research shows we have lost all confidence in the government to sort out the crisis in care for the elderly.
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Think tanks: no help with care for middle classes

By Sarah Coles, May 09, 2012

Two think tanks have weighed into the debate on social care, saying that help for middle classes should not be a priority. But are they right, and where are we now with the reforms?
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