Claim: Increasing council tax to pay for social care is four times more useful in wealthy areas compared to more deprived ones.
Fact-check: How much can councils raise to pay for social care? - Full Fact
Verdict: there was roughly 3.5 times the difference between the council which could raise the most to pay for social care by increasing council tax and the council which would raise the least per over 65 year old.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2017-01-19T00:00:00