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Today's front pages: Tory manifesto social care policy splits press

18 May

The Tory manifesto for June's general election dominates most of papers this morning. The right-wing tabloids are singing its praises, with the Daily Express and the Daily Mail saying the policies will end the "social care crisis".

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However, The Times says thousands of elderly property owners will be hit as property value will be taken into account when calculating care payments.

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Also critical, the i newspaper focuses on the "millions of pensioners" it says will lose their winter fuel funding.

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The issue also makes the headlines at the Daily Telegraph, which says Theresa May is taking a gamble with her manifesto and risks angering core older Tory voters.

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The Sun, meanwhile, leads on the party's plans to target rail bosses, phone firms and landlords who "rip off" struggling families.

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Fellow red top the Daily Mirror goes with a different story, claiming as many as 100 paedophiles "still walk the streets" in relation to the Rochdale child sex abuse case.

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