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Scottish homecare costs rise
The cost of providng free care for the elderly in Scotland has risen by 11 per cent in the last year to a total of £358 million, with expenditure on elderly people living in their own homes up 15 per cent in the last year, and almost double what it was four years ago. The... »
PM says elderly care a “priority”
Improving the care available for the elderly will be Labour’s domestic policy “priority” if it wins the next election, Gordon Brown said. In an article for the Daily Mail, he said that the current system was not “fit for purpose”, and that Labour will propose free care at home for 280,000 of the frailest people... »
