Social care: What's happened to the 'dementia tax'?

The Tories were derided for the scheme in their election manifesto, but that doesn't mean it's gone away

Theresa May outside Downing Street
(Image credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty Images)

Depending on which news outlet you favour, you will have read – in the wake of yesterday's Queen's Speech – that the Conservatives' controversial social care plans are either dead or still very much in the offing.

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