Mr Johnson, seen in London yesterday, backed the Mail's campaign to end the scandal of dementia care costsBoris Johnson last night backed the Mail's campaign to end the scandal of dementia care costs. Asked if someone should have to sell their homes to pay for dementia care, the leadership contender told the Express: 'They should not. Ministers have repeatedly delayed the publication of a long-awaited green paper on social care reform, which would set out plans to bring social care into the 21st Century. It stated billions of pounds must be spent to restore quality and access in the social care system to an 'acceptable' standard. Seeing the bigger picture: Boris, seen in London yesterday, called the dementia care scandal a 'crisis in our country'But the proposals were delayed, with the Tories pledging to introduce a £75,000 cap by 2016 – and then 2020.

Source: Daily Mail July 19, 2019 01:18 UTC