Taxpayers could be hit with another hike to fund social care, Downing Street hints
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TAXPAYERS could be hit with another hike to fund social care, Downing Street hinted yesterday. A spokesperson for Sir Keir Starmer refused to rule out imposing a fresh levy rise this parliament in a bid to fix the country’s broken care system. No10 said it will be up to the PM’s newly formed Commission on Social Care, led by Baroness Louise Casey, to determine “what a sustainable funding model” for older Brits could include.
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It came as Sir Keir was warned that a three-year government-ordered probe into the sector is “inappropriately” long. On Wednesday Sir Andrew Dilnot, architect of the “Dilnot reforms”, slammed Labour for waiting until 2028, a year before the next general election, to be shown recommendations by the new Commission.
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Mr Dilnot told the Commons Health and Social Care committee: “I’d certainly like to see the Commission report earlier and I’d very much hope that it will. “I don’t get the impression that Louise Casey is somebody who likes to hang about. “I can’t think of any reason why it should take three years, I simply can’t.”.
Sir Andrew said ideas for reform should come in the first half of this parliament and the PM should consider hiking taxes again to pay for them. The top economist blasted ministers from current and former governments for having “not had courage to go forward and do something”.
