Ministers could impose profit caps on private social care providers in a bid to keep care home costs down, The i Paper understands.
Andy Burnham, the Local Government Secretary Angela Rayner and the adult social care tsar Baroness Louise Casey have all condemned “profiteering” in the care sector in recent weeks.
The Government recently gave itself the power to cap the profits of private providers of children’s homes and fostering agencies in England, and this could be extended to the adult sector under Burnham’s plans to overhaul social care.
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Announcing his intention to drive forward social care reform last week, the Prime Minister accused some providers of creaming off excess profits.
