Sir Andrew Dilnot says he is ‘very disappointed’ by change that will save government hundreds of millions
The key architect of the government’s social care reform has said most older people needing care will lose out from plans to dilute protections against crippling costs in England, implying an impact on at least 300,000 people.
Sir Andrew Dilnot, an economist who devised reforms to prevent people from losing their homes to spiralling care costs, told MPs on Thursday that he was “very disappointed” by a key change to the way the cap on care costs is expected to work that would leave anybody with assets of less than £186,000 – about 60% of older people needing care – less well-off than expected.
