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Streeting insists Labour will cap adult social care costs despite pledge not appearing in party manifesto
An elderly woman's hands, December 22, 2016
A CAP on adult social care costs is part of Labour’s plan if they win the election, shadow health and social care secretary Wes Streeting insisted today.
But the pledge did not appear in the party’s manifesto when it was published a day earlier.
An £86,000 cap on the amount anyone in England has to spend on their personal care over their lifetime as part of social care reforms was promised by the Conservative government from October 2023 but then delayed by two years.
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