Social care: Announcement delaying introduction of funding reform

This briefing from the House of Commons library explains the delay to the Care Act 2014 funding reform and other changes until April 2020 in England.

This delay included the introduction of the cap that was intended to limit the liability of those self-funding their social care, and also the more generous means-test that would have allowed more people to qualify for local authority financial support towards the cost of their care.

In addition, the Government has also postponed the introduction of local authority "brokering" on behalf of self-funders (until April 2020) and the new appeals system, both of which were also due to come into effect in April 2016.