Create a national care service
“We will fix it. We will create a national care service.”
- Promised
Where it stands
Answering a question on social care, the Prime Minister said co-operative principles will be at the heart of the new national care service. The day before, the Work and Pensions Secretary, Pat McFadden, told the Commons that savings from adjusting the triple lock will make a significant contribution to "a rising, more sustainable state pension alongside free personal care through a new national care service", and that Baroness Louise Casey will set out the pace and scale of its roll-out in a final report next summer. Neither gave a date or a cost for the service. The card moves when that report or a plan for the service is published.
What has happened
- Oct 2026The Prime Minister tells the Commons the government will create a national care service, Promised
About the cost
Neither the Prime Minister nor the Work and Pensions Secretary gave a cost in the cited debates.
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