Government’s decision to delay placing a cap
on elderly care costs until 2020 is a broken
promise to some of the most vulnerable people
in society.
Posted
on July 20
The Government’s decision to delay
placing
a cap on elderly care costs until 2020 is a
“broken promise” to some of the most vulnerable
people in society, says UKIP Health Spokesman
Louise Bours MEP.
Under its original plan, from April 2016 the costs
people face for care over the age of 65 was to be
limited to £72,000 over the course of their lifetime.
Now it has been delayed until 2020 after the Local
Government Association wrote to ministers earlier
this month asking for a postponement because of
the “enormous pressures” they said they were facing.
Ms Bours, UKIP MEP for the North West and a member
of the Europe for Freedom and Direct Democracy group
in the European Parliament, said: “This is a kick in the
teeth to thousands of elderly
people.
