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"Some of the key stakeholders at the launch of the Dilnot Commission report shared their thoughts on the recommendations. Watch these short video voxpops to hear from representatives of Carers UK, The Strategic Society Centre, The King’s Fund and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation."
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"The Commission on Funding of Care and Support has presented its findings to the Government in its report Fairer Care Funding, published on 4th July 2011."
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"Andrew Dilnot’s report will be full of interest. At last we have a single, credible, authoritative solution to the long-term care question. All the mood music is positive: Downing Street and the Treasury are falling over themselves to be polite about the great idea. “It’s a good report,” they say, “but it comes with a hefty price-tag.”"
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Brilliant coverage from Andrew Sparrow throughout Dilnot day.
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"The government was today urged not to delay proposed reforms to adult social care, amid concerns that the Dilnot commission's plans may be "kicked into the long grass"."
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"Younger disabled people would be spared from making any financial contribution to their care, under proposals unveiled today by the Dilnot commission."
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"The Dilnot commission's £1.7bn proposals to reform social care funding could prove too costly to implement in full, health secretary Andrew Lansley warned today."
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"Ministers have been urged to find £1.7bn to implement plans unveiled today to overhaul the care funding system."
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"The Dilnot report is looking into paying for elderly care, but what do its proposals mean for you?"
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"The rather low-key Commons announcement on the Dilnot Report I just watched from Andrew Lansley conceals a tussle behind the scenes in government. The Treasury wanted to keep its options more open and didn’t want the “warm welcome” to be quite so warm. It didn’t, I understand, want a commitment to a White Paper (a slippery slope to a Bill). Today we got both"
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"Dilnot's care cap plans may not be perfect, but politicians would be wise to act on this opportunity for meaningful reform"
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"Long-term care blueprint offers 'real possibility of fundamental reform', says healthcare thinktank"
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"Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has told MPs that ministers need to "consider carefully" the "significant costs" of proposals to reform social care in England detailed in a report by economist Andrew Dilnot. In a Commons statement on 4 July 2011, Mr Lansley said he welcomed the review, which suggests that social care costs should be capped at £35,000 and council-funded care should be provided to people with under £100,000 in assets."
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"Andrew Dilnot has built up a formidable head of steam on his reform of care for the elderly, says David Brindle"
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"This raises the question of whether the Dilnot commission is still fit for purpose – or indeed whether it ever was." From Peter Beresford.
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"Andrew Dilnot, the economist who has spearheaded a government-commissioned report into the funding system for the care of the elderly, has expressed confidence that there will be some "shift" on his proposals by 2014, amid fears his report could be kicked into the "medium length" grass."
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"Social care costs in England should be capped so people do not face losing large chunks of their assets, an independent review says."
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"Today sees the launch of the Dilnot Commission's report on how to reform the funding system for adult social care. What does it propose, what does it mean?"
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"Health chiefs raised fears last night that the Chancellor, George Osborne, could veto proposals to overhaul long-term care of the elderly because of their £2bn-plus cost to the public purse."
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"Social care is a minefield for politicians – and the Dilnot report offers no easy option for the government or the opposition."
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"Carers UK has responded to the launch of the final recommendations of the Dilnot Commission on the Funding of Care and Support, and joined other members of the Care & Support Alliance in a joint statement."
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"Councils are already bearing the 'hidden' costs of funding care as self-funders run out of money. Beyond the national level, what will the Dilnot report mean for local authorities?"
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arbitrary constant 