How should we fund social care? When you try to answer such a big question, you quickly realise there are a whole host of underlying questions one needs to think about. And these aren't just technical questions for the policy wonks to worry about. They speak to the kind of country we want to be; and the kind of country we think we are.
In this article for the Local Government Association, IFS associate director David Phillips and research economist Polly Simpson examine some of the big issues surrounding social care funding.
Authors
Associate Director
David is Head of Devolved and Local Government Finance. He also works on tax in developing countries as part of our TaxDev centre.
Polly Simpson
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- The IFS
Suggested citation
Phillips, D and Simpson, P. (2018). How should we pay for social care in the long term? [Comment] The IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/how-should-we-pay-social-care-long-term (accessed: 20 May 2024).
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