Personal care should be free for over-65s, says thinktank

Institute for Public Policy Research believes move needs to be funded by 2p tax rise

Older people should receive free help to eat, wash and get dressed in a move which would improve their health but need to be funded by a 2p tax rise, a thinktank has said.

The proposal, by the left-of-centre Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), highlights the growing political consensus that personal care should become free for over-65s. If implemented, it would bring England into line with Scotland, where such care has been free since 2002.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Qg6QkJ