Charities draw up list of charges they describe as ‘care tax’ resulting from national underfunding
Adults with a disability or mental illness are receiving extra care bills running into thousands of pounds which they say could force them to cut back on food and heating and threaten their social independence.
Amid a care funding crisis, some English councils are quietly increasing charges to people with learning disabilities and mental illness, effectively clawing back welfare payments and leaving some working-age adults with little more than £3 a day to spend.
