Liz Kendall MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Care and Older People,commenting on a means-test on deferred social care payments, said:

“Ministers have repeatedly claimed that no-one will have to sell their homes to pay for their care and that their care costs will be capped at £72,000. This simply isn’t the case.

"Now we discover that many older people will have to use up their other savings and assets before they qualify for any help.

"Elderly people who have worked hard and played by the rules will rightly feel angry that the Government has tried to pull the wool over their eyes about what their plans really mean.

"The growing care crisis is one of the biggest challenges we face. Older people and their families deserve to be told the facts so they can properly plan for the future.”

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