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Page last updated at 17:13 GMT, Tuesday, 29 September 2009 18:13 UK

'Free personal care' for elderly

The frailest elderly people will be able to get free personal care in their own homes, Gordon Brown has pledged.

Some 350,000 people with "the highest needs" will receive care regardless of their personal assets.

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