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Opinion: The other care crisis

Wheelchair signs - Some rights reserved by Leo ReynoldsOver the course of this Parliament, social care reform could become the most distinctive area of Liberal Democrat influence in the Coalition.

The Party has the strongest foothold in an issue that is permeated by talk of ‘cross party consensus’ (although, to date, the rhetoric has led to precious little real agreement), with both Ministers for Social Care under the Coalition – and probably the biggest voices – being Lib Dems, in Paul Burstow and Norman Lamb.

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  • User Avatarbcrombie 24th May - 3:03am
    IHelen, Reading the article it appears this was vetoed on cost (hence the cost/benefit analysis) and not on principal. In fact, the assessments were carried...
  • User AvatarAmalric 24th May - 2:17am
    Geoffrey Payne makes an interesting point that we Liberal Democrats want no one enslaved by poverty, but the benefit cuts mean that poverty reduction is...
  • User AvatarEddie Sammon 24th May - 12:49am
    No Richard, you are wrong. People will look back in 200 years time and understand that people opposed it on a religious basis, not because...
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    First I don't see any signs of a "post austerity Europe" and the scarcely hidden panic among the IMF etc. as to the consequences of...
  • User AvatarRichard Wingfield 24th May - 12:23am
    @ Eddie Salmon: Same sex marriage is not a passing fad nor an ideology, It is much more akin to social issues like granting the...
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