MP Damian Green proposes pension-inspired social care overhaul

MP and former cabinet minister Damian Green has called for an overhaul of social care provision. In a report for think tank Centre for Policy Studies, Fixing the Care Crisis, the MP for Ashford said his new system would see everyone benefit from a "reasonable universal safety net" with the added encouragement of individual provision on top. Under Green's proposals, the state would provide a ‘universal care entitlement', which could then be topped up by private support, for those who want it, via a ‘care supplement'. According to the report, the care entitlement would be a flat-rate...