{
  "id": 4835659,
  "title": "Social care stealth tax costs families extra £12,400 after 15-year freeze on threshold for state funding",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/social-care-stealth-tax-costs-families-extra-12-400-after-15-year",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-01T09:41:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-16095295/Social-care-stealth-tax-threshold-state-help.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The £23,250 floor for assets you need to hold before funding kicks in would be over £35,600 now if revised in line with inflation since 2010-11, says King's Fund.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}