Community Care reports that  Dilnot who is chairing the latest in a long, long line of consultations into care funding has heard overwhelming opposition to retaining the £23,000 savings threshold before people have to start paying towards their social care needs. Charges for social care are a delicate political issue so not content with one [...]

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