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The Earl of Effingham (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 May 2025

Debate

Social Care Reform

Contribution

My Lords, in July last year His Majesty’s Government scrapped the social care cap and curbed winter fuel payments. Sir Andrew Dilnot, author of the landmark Dilnot commission report on social care, said this was a “tragedy” and that “we have failed another generation of families”. With all due respect, the Government are doing a U-turn on the winter fuel payment; can the Minister rule out a U-turn on social care?

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