Tory Betrayal Of The Elderly.

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.