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Care revolution Death Tax

 
Labour stood accused of hiding plans for a "death tax" to fund universal social care for elderly people in the small print of a long-awaited white paper published today.

As the government hailed the launch of a national care service for England as one of the greatest welfare reforms since the creation of the NHS in 1948, the Tories said that Labour was hoping voters would fail to notice the compulsory contribution.

Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, said: "The death tax is alive and kicking – despite their attempts to bury it in the small print of policy in the hope people won't notice. The simple fact remains that if Labour win the election, they'd int
 
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