By Mithran Samuel
Gordon Brown has pulled a rabbit out of the hat at today's Labour Party conference by pledging to introduce free personal care for older people at home with critical care needs.
I have to admit - I'm rather flabbergasted.
No mention of this in July's green paper on funding - and no hint of it before as far as I know.
Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2009/09/free-personal-care-shocker.html