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Tue 12 Dec 2008Elderly fearful of taxing fee hike
By reducing tax relief on nursing homes, the Government has added to the difficulties elderly people now face
THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to reduce tax relief on nursing home fees is causing additional anguish for elderly people already reeling from the collapse of their "nest eggs" as the value of investments crumble, it has been claimed.
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