Better social care means better stewardship, says Sir Andrew Dilnot
by Helen Nathan, Pilgrims’ Friend Society
The economist argues that a properly funded social care system would enable us to live out our God-given mandate to be good stewards. But when will our politicians face up to the cost?
Sir Andrew Dilnot is no stranger to talking about social care. It was back in 2011 that he published the ‘Fairer care report’ (also known as ‘the Dilnot report’) outlining his recommendations for social care reform. Since then, he’s sought to persuade successive governments to take up its recommendations, only to be met with endless delays and disappointments – one of the first actions of the new Labour government was to scrap the planned cap on care costs (a key proposal of the Dilnot report) which had been due to come in October 2025
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