Richard Sloggett

How Boris Johnson dodged May’s dementia tax trap

The opprobrium was quick. ‘A broken promise’, ‘A missed opportunity’, ‘A dereliction of duty’ were comments thrown the way of the Prime Minister following Sunday’s manifesto launch and the revealing of the Conservatives’ social care policy. But for those writing the manifesto, lightning was not going to strike twice. Fixing social care is one of the most complicated and challenging