23 Jul 2015
Cllr Izzi Seccombe, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board
YES
The Government has announced it is delaying plans that would have capped pensioners’ care costs to £72,000 until 2020, saying it cannot fund them at the current time.
The £72,000 care cap was due to be implemented in April...
Jane Ashcroft, chief executive of care home provider, AnchorNO
News of the delay was not so warmly received by some in the care sector. Jane Ashcroft, chief executive of Anchor, called it “outrageous” and said: “We’re very disappointed by the announcement from the Department for Health........