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UK & World News: £6bn care funding gap consultation

icnetwork.co.uk
11-May-2008
        
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A public consultation will be launched to discuss the future of social care which is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years, it was reported. ... The six month consultation will ask how the state, families and taxpayers should share the costs. Care... [read full story]                    

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Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise

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£6bn care funding gap consultation

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Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise

tiscali.co.uk
13-May-2008
        

People may have to pay into a compulsory social insurance scheme to contribute towards the costs of care in old age under proposals floated by the government yesterday. The health secretary, Alan Johnson, said he would produce a green paper early next year on dealing with the long-term problem of...

UK NEWS: Brown pledges social care reform

southwalesargus.co.uk
13-May-2008
        

WARNING that elderly care faces £6 billion funding gap ... Gordon Brown has pledged fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. Mr Brown's remarks...

                   

Gordon Brown entering a minefield on care

telegraph.co.uk
13-May-2008
        

The rapidly growing number of elderly is one of the great crises of our time. Labour has been glacially slow in finding a solution. ... In his anxiety to escape the froth and bubble of Westminster tittle-tattle, Gordon Brown yesterday sought to address one of the pressing...

Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise

guardian.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

People may have to pay into a social insurance scheme towards costs of care in old age ... People may have to pay into a compulsory social insurance scheme to contribute towards the costs of care in old age under proposals floated by the government yesterday. The health...

                   

Letters: Care for the old and disabled

guardian.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

Letters: A National Care Service should be set up, funded by the Treasury, to run in parallel with the NHS ... What a disgrace. By imposing means testing on care and pensions, and transferring care costs from income tax and national insurance to council tax, this crisis...

                   

Leading article: Dignity and decent care, from cradle to the grave

independent.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

Gordon Brown's announcement on social care for the elderly yesterday helped shift the media spotlight briefly away from his own political troubles. But, unfortunately, from the perspective of the elderly, the Prime Minister's announcement contained little substantive. Mr Brown merely unveiled a...

                   

PM Pledges Reform Of Elderly Care

4ni.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

As the percentage of the population in the older age categories expand, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has pledged "fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled" in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a _6 billion funding gap within 20 years.While figures...

                   
telegraph.co.uk: Politics: news, video, comment and analysis telegraph.co.uk

Elderly need care, not consultation

telegraph.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

In a speech this morning, Gordon Brown called for a national debate around long-term reforms of social care for the elderly and disabled in England. ... The Government fears the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. Mr Brown was said to 'understand'...

                   

Brown pledges shake-up of social care

independent.co.uk
12-May-2008
        

Gordon Brown today pledged fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a £6bn funding gap within 20 years. ... The Prime Minister said it was "essential" that those people who worked hard and...

                   
number-10.gov.uk: Gordon Brown gives speech on social care at King's Fund event number-10.gov.uk

PM kicks off social care debate

number-10.gov.uk
12-May-2008
        

The social care system needs "radical reform" to ensure proper care for older people, Gordon Brown said this morning. ... Speaking at the breakfast launch of a consultation document, the PM said that Britain must "look again" at the future of social care for older...

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