Clegg: Government elderly care plan 'a bit of a con'
The Liberal Democrats are unveiling their plans for social care this morning at the Kings Fund. They are proposing a week's break from caring every year to the million unpaid carers who provide more than 50 hours of care each week. The total cost of this scheme will be £460m.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg explains how carers would receive a "personal budget" equivalent to the cost of a week's residential care, allowing them to take a seven-day holiday or series of smaller breaks while patients are looked after elsewhere or by other people.
To listen to Nick Clegg's interview on the BBC's Today programme, click here.
From the BBC.
