Labour promises cap on social care
Manchester Evening News|June 19, 2024
INTRODUCING a cap on adult social care costs by October next year is part of Labour's plan if they win the election, Wes Streeting has insisted.
Labour promises cap on social care

The pledge did not appear in the party's manifesto when it was published on Thursday.

Adult social care charging reforms including an £86,000 cap on the amount anyone in England has to spend on their personal care over their lifetime - had been due to be implemented by the Conservative Government from October 2023 but were delayed by two years.

Shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting was asked whether he could make a firm commitment to bringing in the cap in October 2025.

He told BBC Radio Four's Today programme: "That's the plan, as things stand."

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