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I’m not sure what to make of Gordon Brown’s promise outlined in the Queen’s Speech to end means testing for care at home for the most vulnerable. On the face of it, the scheme is long overdue and, certainly, Brown calls it a ‘breakthrough’.
On the other hand, Labour peer Lord Lipsey says that the announcement was a gimmick which has bypassed proposals set out in a Green paper earlier this year.
The Tories say that the government will have to cut some disability benefits to fund the proposals and the government have yet to confirm or deny this.
As always with government, this one or another, the waters are muddied and only time will tell.
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I’m not sure what to make of Gordon Brown’s promise outlined in the Queen’s Speech to end means testing for care at home for the most vulnerable. On the face of it, the scheme is long overdue and, certainly, Brown calls it a ‘breakthrough’.
On the other hand, Labour peer Lord Lipsey says that the announcement was a gimmick which has bypassed proposals set out in a Green paper earlier this year.
The Tories say that the government will have to cut some disability benefits to fund the proposals and the government have yet to confirm or deny this.
As always with government, this one or another, the waters are muddied and only time will tell.
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