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For decades the difficult problem of social care - how to fund it, how to provide it - has been kicked into the long grass by government after government. But last month the Prime Minister announced a policy which he said meant no-one would have to sell their house to fund their social care. He also promised more money for social care - though not immediately. A "health and social care levy" is to be created through an increase in National Insurance contributions. So is the problem of social care being fixed?
Alison Holt, BBC Social Affairs Editor
Producers: John Murphy, Soila Apparicio, Kirsteen Knight
By BBC Radio 44.8
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For decades the difficult problem of social care - how to fund it, how to provide it - has been kicked into the long grass by government after government. But last month the Prime Minister announced a policy which he said meant no-one would have to sell their house to fund their social care. He also promised more money for social care - though not immediately. A "health and social care levy" is to be created through an increase in National Insurance contributions. So is the problem of social care being fixed?
Alison Holt, BBC Social Affairs Editor
Producers: John Murphy, Soila Apparicio, Kirsteen Knight

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