Andrew Dilnot

Mehdi's Morning Memo: Cracks In The Coalition

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK Politics

The ten things you need to know on Friday 10 May 2013... 1) CRACKS IN THE COALITION 48 hours after the Queen's Speech, how coalitious is the c...

Iain Duncan Smith Officially Rebuked For Making False Benefit Cap Claim

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 09.05.2013 | UK Politics

Iain Duncan Smith has been rebuked for falsely claiming the coalition's controversial benefits cap had already caused 8,000 people to move into jobs. ...

Mehdi's Morning Memo: 'International Criminal Conspiracy'

Huffington Post | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Politics

The ten things you need to know on Monday 11 February 2013... 1) 'INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY' Could the scandal over horsemeat in our fo...

Social Care Plan To Be Unveiled

The Observer | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK Politics

Thousands more people will pay inheritance tax to fund a watered-down version of the Dilnot plan for universal state funding for elderly and social ca...

Why Has David Cameron Been Given A Slap On The Wrist?

PA | Posted 25.10.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron was cautioned by a watchdog over the potential for undermining public trust in official statistics after he was accused of giving an ear...

Can We Afford Not to Care?

Iain Anderson | Posted 10.09.2012 | UK Politics
Iain Anderson

Rather than living on a legacy, now is the time to start building a protection market which is fit for purpose in the 21st century.

Empty Promise Or Care Revolution? Elderly Care Gets £200m Boost

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.07.2012 | UK

A £200 million boost for the building of more adapted homes for the elderly and disabled will form part of a major shake-up of the care sector, the G...

CARE AND THE COMMUNITY: THE ELDERLY, FUNDING AND FRETTING

Helen Gaskell | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK Politics
Helen Gaskell

Hollywood and television commercials present countless images of old age as a time when contented, silver-haired individuals kick back after a life of work and raising families. The reality, however, is often very different and why, in truth, many people are a little scared of growing old.

New Ideas for Growing old

Nigel Keohane | Posted 12.09.2011 | UK Politics
Nigel Keohane

Who should pay for supporting us as we grow old and need care? That was the subject of a Government review headed by Andrew Dilnot that was published this week. The response has been almost unanimously positive, and in some areas, quite rightly.