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The significance of Reeves’s social care surprise

30 July 2024

7:53 AM

30 July 2024

7:53 AM

A much bigger story than Rachel Reeves cancelling the winter fuel payment is her announcement today that she is finally killing off the beleaguered cap on social care costs.

Reeves told the Commons that the Conservative government had not funded its reforms to social care, so they weren’t going to happen.

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