{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/772500.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":772500,"attributes":{"action":"Increase the English social care savings threshold to fix UK regional inequality","background":"England's upper capital threshold for social care has been frozen since 2010 at £23,250. Plans to raise the threshold to £100,000 and introduce a lifetime care cap have been scrapped and an unfair postcode lottery remains. In Wales the limit is £50,000 while Scotland is £36,750 + free personal care.","additional_details":"England’s social care savings limit has been frozen since 2010, creating a cruel UK postcode lottery. While Wales protects assets up to £50,000 and Scotland protects up to £36,750 and provides free personal care, English citizens are left completely exposed. It is profoundly unfair that people who work hard their whole lives, pay taxes and buy a home to provide for their family have it all taken away. Parliament must urgently raise the threshold and stop penalizing a lifetime of self-reliance.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-06-12T17:24:17.470Z","updated_at":"2026-07-10T08:13:39.866Z","rejected_at":"2026-07-10T08:13:38.332Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-13T19:23:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"This is effectively a duplicate of a petition we already have open, which you may wish to sign:\r\n\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767026"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}