QT columnist Bob Hudson, Visiting Professor in Public Policy at Sunderland University, takes a look at the question of social care reform and gives you a starter for 10
Good overview of *all* the challenges facing any plan for social care provision.
The fundamental lack of funding won’t go away until a government manages to convince the electorate that we need to raise more taxes - they could make a start with inheritance tax, drastically lowering the threshold for it, taking more for estates which include property, and tackling the general unfairness of inherited wealth more robustly.
Good overview of *all* the challenges facing any plan for social care provision.
The fundamental lack of funding won’t go away until a government manages to convince the electorate that we need to raise more taxes - they could make a start with inheritance tax, drastically lowering the threshold for it, taking more for estates which include property, and tackling the general unfairness of inherited wealth more robustly.