Conservatives' pledge to cap the cost of social care is delayed AGAIN as Rishi ... trends now
Rishi Sunak has failed to commit to a previous pledge to deliver social care changes in 2025.
The Prime Minister said the government was postponing the long-promised reform, but did not say for how long.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said last year that the flagship cap on the cost of social care would be delayed for two years.
It meant the cap was unlikely to be introduced before October 2025, after the next general election.
Speaking to reporters on his visit to Washington DC, Mr Sunak was asked when he would deliver the Tory manifesto pledge on long-term reform of social care.
The Prime Minister said the government was postponing the long-promised reform, but did not say for how long
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said last year that the flagship cap on the cost of social care would be delayed for two years
But he failed to give a timeframe. He replied: 'What we've done is invest billions of pounds into social care right now. Given the situation we face, it's right that money was going in to actually just build resilience, expand capacity in the sector - £14billion at the Autumn Statement last year in both the NHS and social care that was warmly welcomed by the sector.
'At the time we announced that we were postponing the long-term reform that had been previously announced because the priority in the here and now is getting money into the sector so that they can continue to give high-quality care. I think that's the right priority and that's what we're going to carry on doing.'
The government pledged in its 2019 manifesto that 'nobody needing care should be forced to sell their home to pay for it'.
Last year ministers scrapped the health and social care levy, which was supposed to help pay for the care cap.
The social care cap is designed to limit the amount anyone will have to pay for care in later life to £86,000.
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