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11 February 2013updated 22 Oct 2020 3:55pm

Social care reforms “about as credible as a Findus lasagne”

Business quote of the day.

By New Statesman

New social care reforms were brought in today, which will set a lifetime cap of £75,000 on care costs. But think tanks and other groups have criticised the plan, saying that fewer than one person in five will benefit from it. Here’s the Telegraph:

The National Pensioners Convention described the reforms as “about as credible as a Findus lasagne”.

(Hat tip the also-lasagne-doubting @alexhern)

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