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Community care charging reform

01 August 2024

Permanently off the menu?

The new government has announced plans to scrap widely anticipated reform of the social care charging scheme. As we wrote some time ago Dilnot delay déjà vu - Wrigleys Solicitors LLP the previous Conservative administration had proposed implementation of new thresholds for social care funding, alongside a lifetime cap on care costs.

The new Chancellor announced last week that following an audit of government spending, a swathe of uncosted schemes which includes social care charging reform, will not be going ahead as previously proposed in October 2025.

The news will come as welcome relief for cash strapped councils, but is undoubtedly disappointing for the wider public and campaigning organisations who have been lobbying for improvements to a system which remains underfunded and over stretched.

Further updates are expected in the Autumn budget.

 
 

 

 
 
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