Thursday 31 October 2019

Tories still to decide on approach to social care crisis that ruined Theresa May's election campaign, health secretary admits

Tories still to decide on approach to social care crisis that ruined Theresa May's election campaign, health secretary admits The Conservative general election manifesto may not contain firm proposals to solve the social care crisis, the health secretary has admitted.

Matt Hancock said his party was “working on a plan” – after the controversy derailed Theresa May’s campaign in 2017 – but added: “We are not ready to publish it yet.”

He would not commit to the Tories promising a cap on social care bills, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I’m not going to get into the details of it.” The Independent

No comments:

Post a Comment