Long Term Care

Steve Webb has warned about 'rationing' of care home places and under-funding of social care.

As a result of significant increases in life expectancy, an additional 71,000 care home places will be needed for older adults spend with substantial care needs, according to a study published in The Lancet.

COVER sums up the main points and key absences from the Queen's Speech.

Triple lock to be ditched

Prospectus aimed at appealing to working families

Theresa May is reportedly putting long-term care at the heart of the Conservative manifesto so that pensioners will not have to pay more than £85,000 for their social care costs, according to reports today.

Is it now time for the health insurers to be the 'care management' experts? Joanne Buckle and Neha Taneja of Milliman explore this.

Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced a further £2bn for social care funding as well as a Green Paper on social care. Fiona Murphy rounds up post-budget views from financial services.

The government has pledged £2bn extra for social care as a Green Paper on social care funding will be published later this year.

Council tax rises in 2017/18 will not bring in enough money to prevent the need for further deep cuts to services such as social care, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.