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Coalition to push through Dilnot care costs cap

Coalition leaders have accepted the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations for capping care costs, newspapers report.

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By Jonathan Werran | 17 August 2012

Coalition leaders have accepted the Dilnot Commission's recommendations for capping care costs, newspapers have reported today.

Senior Whitehall sources have indicated the Coalition will announce this autumn the revival of the Commission's call for a £35,000 lifetime cap in individual contributions, according to reports in The Guardian and The Daily Mail.

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