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Social care stealth tax costs families extra £12,400 after 15-year freeze on threshold for state funding

Daily Mail 1 min read 5 hours ago

The £23,250 floor for assets you need to hold before funding kicks in would be over £35,600 now if revised in line with inflation since 2010-11, says King's Fund.
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