Boris Johnson has just announced a plan to fix Britain’s social care crisis, but didn’t say what it was.
In his first speech after taking office, the new Tory leader referenced a string of pledges.
They included a promise to protect people from “the fear of having to sell your home to pay for the cost of care.”
But anyone hoping for details on how his big social care plan would actually work would have been left disappointed.
He said: “My job is to protect you or your parents or grandparents from the fear of having to sell your home to pay for the cost of care.
"And so I am announcing on the steps of Downing Street that we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have prepared to give every older person the dignity and security they deserve."
Social care was, infamously, among the manifesto disasters that sunk Theresa May ’s 2017 election campaign.
She was forced to make a humiliating climbdown over her 'dementia tax' manifesto pledge - just four days after announcing it.
The former Tory leader was forced to water down the policy after a huge backlash, including from her own candidates, with the general election still 17 days away.
The policy would have more than quadrupled the amount of assets someone can have before having to pay for social care, to £100,000.
But it would also make thousands more people count their home towards their assets - forcing many to sell up after they die.
