The View from Dilnot

Scrapping the cap on care costs is “another example of social care being tossed aside”, according to the architect of the reforms. Economist Sir Andrew Dilnot told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the government’s decision meant that society had “failed another generation of families”.

To rip this up is unbelievably disappointing for hundreds of thousands of families who need care, for the people who are providing it, for those who are trying to make decisions about it. It’s another example of social care – something that affects people at some of the most difficult points in their lives – being given too little attention, being ignored and being tossed aside.”