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Coming into bbc news. with me is ruthe isden, health influencing programme director at age uk and natasha curry, deputy director of policy at the nuffield trust. welcome. thank you forjoining us. plenty of questions and they are all really specific so it will be good to get your answers for people who have so many questions to ask. first question from richard, does the £86,000 include accommodation and meals while in the care home as much that�*s a really good question. the £86,000 cap is not set to include what are generally known as hotel cost so your bed and board. you will... any money...

Which would have meant quite a significant rise in the state pension next year. i suppose this is slightly less controversial than the other breach of the manifesto commitment. there saying instead this year it will be a double lock in their state pension will rise either by 2.5% or the rate of inflation. peter, more reaction from you over the course of the afternoon, thank you very much. to what extent will everything an end to date help the system and help those trying to get care for themselves or loved ones. let's discuss that with caroline abrahams, charity director at age uk and also fio...

Has —— there has been lots of belly aching from opposition parties concerned about whether or not the changes to the tax system are fair and worry in the tory party itself over how this is being carried out, but borisjohnson has chosen the risk of an imperfect solution rather than the risk of doing nothing at all. laura, thank you very much. borisjohnson has stressed that today's measures are aimed at ensuring those in need of social care in older age will no longer face what he called the "catastrophic fear of losing everything" in order to pay for that help. initially, social care in eng...

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Bounce back from the emergency of the pandemic and whether that so many families's agonies over their care for their loved ones really improves. laura kuennsberg, thanks very much. borisjohnson has stressed that today's measures are aimed at making sure those in need of social care in older age will no longer face what he called the "catastrophic fear of losing everything" in order to pay for help. initially, social care in england will get £5.11 billion over the next three years. the money will help the 839,000 people who are currently receiving long—term support, though many more have app...