Andrew Dilnot's eagerly-awaited report into the funding of adult care and support has recommended capping costs and raising the means-tested threshold to limit individual exposure to meeting long-term residential care bills.

The commission's findings, which suggests ministers cap lifetime contributions at a figure between £25,000 and £50,000, suggests £35,000, which would require £1.7bn state funding, as 'the most appropriate and fair figure.'