Reports that government will enact Dilnot's £35,000 long-term care cap after the next general election could prevent confused clients taking immediate action on long-term care, a provider has warned.
Whitehall sources told The Daily Mail that Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged he will bring the cap to life by 2017. The Dilnot Commission last year proposed capping the amount people pay for care at £35,000. However, the question of how this would be funded was dodged in July when the government published its white paper on social care and a separate progress report. Health secretary Andrew Lansley previously said government supported the ‘principles' of Dilnot's care cap but discussions on how the £1.7bn bill would be met would take place at the next spending review. Jim Bo...
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