Council tax idea better

Rather than politicising the social care funding issue the Government might have been wiser to allow councils to include the costs in increased council tax.

Councils are run by councillors of all political parties and would be the biggest purchasers of social care, so would be able to negotiate reasonable financial packages with the providers.there would be no risk of the money being absorbed into the NHS, which would remain funded by central government.

The extra payment could be shown on your council tax demand and payments would be linked to your housing band.

David Jones, Wolverhampton