Barbara Keeley MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Social Care, responding to a leaked draft of this year’s Tory manifesto, said:

“This leaked draft manifesto shows just how damaging the Dementia Tax could have been for people in need of care.

“But the danger for people facing catastrophic long-term care costs isn’t over. It seems from social care minister Jackie Doyle-Price’s recent comments that the Tories are still considering this disastrous policy.

“Labour will build a sustainable National Care Service funded by sharing risk across the population to avoid people facing catastrophic costs for care.“