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Very constructive meeting with SCDI and others on Gatwick links today - we will ...
18:05Danny Alexander
Very constructive meeting with SCDI and others on Gatwick links today - we will work together to secure future of this vital connection
James Delingpole | The BBC loses £100 million on useless technology. This happensbecause of the li...
17:36Telegraph politics blog
The BBC has just lost £100 million on pointless new technology. I realise that this won't sound very much money if you are, say, a typical BBC programme director on upwards of £250,000 a year – but fo...
Denis MacShane | Watching TV news on European channels. Only bad news from London. Terror killing...
17:07Denis MacShane
Watching TV news on European channels. Only bad news from London. Terror killing, RAF scrambled and arrests, BA flight emergency landing.
Lab tweeters going on about food banks as if coalition relishes poverty. Lab are...
16:58Patrick O\'Flynn
Lab tweeters going on about food banks as if coalition relishes poverty. Lab are the ones who left a £150bn deficit & warped welfare system.
Sunny Hundal | Brighton Greens in chaos after they try and oust controversial leader
16:40Liberal Conspiracy
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9 October 2012
Michelle Mitchell, Charity Director General at Age UK says:
“While we welcome the commitment from the Secretary of State to creating an NHS and social care system fit for an ageing population, we want to stress the urgency of sorting out the crisis in care. For years the social care system has been systematically starved of funds, with investment failing to keep pace with the growing needs of an ageing population. At the same time the complicated and unfair rules for people who find themselves having to foot the bill for their own care have been left untouched.
“There is a real need to know for all those working in and cared for by the system when the Government plan to put the Dilnot reforms into action. If the Government puts a £35,000 cap on lifetime care costs this would change the lives of older people, relieving them and their families from the fear of spiralling care costs. It would be a brave and courageous step, and one that would leave a compassionate legacy that could help transform our social care system."