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Funding social care: an international comparison

Lessons for Britain from other countries

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To judge by the record of successive British governments, reforming social care is almost impossible. But other rich countries have managed to grasp the nettle. Doing so, notes Natasha Curry of the Nuffield Trust, a think-tank, usually requires a government to make a compelling case for change. It also requires some difficult policy choices.

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