Personal care should be free for over-65s, says thinktank http://bit.ly/2Qg6QkJ Denis Campbell Health policy editor Institute for Public Policy Research believes move needs to be funded by 2p tax rise Older people should receive free help to eat, wash and get dressed in a move which would improve their health but need to be funded by a 2p tax rise, a thinktank has said. The proposal, by the left-of-centre Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), highlights the growing political consensus that personal care should become free for over-65s. If implemented, it would bring England into line with Scotland, where such care has been free since 2002. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 23, 2019 at 01:01AM

Institute for Public Policy Research believes move needs to be funded by 2p tax rise

Older people should receive free help to eat, wash and get dressed in a move which would improve their health but need to be funded by a 2p tax rise, a thinktank has said.

The proposal, by the left-of-centre Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), highlights the growing political consensus that personal care should become free for over-65s. If implemented, it would bring England into line with Scotland, where such care has been free since 2002.

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