• Text size
  • Send this article to a friend
  • Print this article

Clegg ditches free personal care from English agenda

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg yesterday ditched plans for free personal care for the elderly in England, claiming Scotland had shown it to be unaffordable.

Custom byline text: 
heraldscotland staff

KEVIN SCHOFIELD and BRIAN DONNELLY

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg yesterday ditched his party's plans for free personal care for the elderly in England after claiming Scotland's introduction of the policy had shown it to be unaffordable.