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Sir Steve Webb Proposes Automatic Social Care Enrolment Scheme

By Drooid · Oct 12, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC · How we work

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Sir Steve Webb proposes an automatic enrolment scheme for social care.
The plan would auto-enrol taxpayers aged 40+ and pensioners, with an opt-out option.
Enrollees earn care-cost discounts and become fully exempt after 25 years.
Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard says the scheme would generate early funding and shift focus to prevention.
Labour will adjust the triple lock from April 2030, keeping state pensions rising at least CPI or 2.5%.

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Sir Steve Webb proposes an automatic enrolment scheme for social care.
The plan would auto-enrol taxpayers aged 40+ and pensioners, with an opt-out option.
Enrollees earn care-cost discounts and become fully exempt after 25 years.
Dr Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard says the scheme would generate early funding and shift focus to prevention.
Labour will adjust the triple lock from April 2030, keeping state pensions rising at least CPI or 2.5%.