Over the next few weeks, there will be lots of opportunities to ask politicians about what they plan to do in the next parliament. There are a number of things that happen in the Westminster Parliament that are relevant to social care charges. We have put together three top questions to ask Westminster Election candidates about care charges 1. There have been a lot of changes proposed in welfare benefits for people with disabilities in the last 5 years and more planned for the next few years. Should the new government take a step back and think about all the effects on disabled people including things like the rising care charges for social care support? 2. We are all keen to keep the NHS free at the point of need for when people need to get help. But why is it, that when people leave hospital to get care in the community or need help to stop them going into hospital, they have to pay for it through care charges? 3. Social Care Charges for disabled people have been rising faster than inflation for the last few years as councils have put them up to raise more money to make up for the cuts. Why aren’t social care charges part of the basket of goods that are used to make up the inflation index? Please let us know if you have any luck with these and what the responses are from your political candidates. Info@scotlandagainstthecaretax.org All the best Ian Hood