Ministers to reveal care bills cap

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Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt

The coalition is to announce that elderly care bills are to be capped by the state in a £1 billion move expected to be funded by dragging more people into inheritance tax.


To the disappointment of many campaigners, the cap will be set at £75,000 - more than double the £35,000 recommended by the independent Dilnot Commission.
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