Gordon Brown’s plans for a Death Tax

Everybody wants to give older people more support in their old age, especially the most vulnerable. That is why a Conservative government will introduce a Home Protection Scheme, a voluntary insurance programme to allow people – for a one off £8,000 payment – to make sure they never have to sell their home to pay for residential care.

After this week's House of Lords ruling Labour’s plans to extend free personal care and to introduce a National Care Service are in chaos. Gordon Brown is considering levying a death tax on every person in England. The choice is clear: a death tax under Gordon Brown or real reform through a voluntary insurance scheme under the Conservatives.