No manifesto has everything you want. No government delivers it, and even the most “core” voter can be set wobbling with indignation. But sometimes a risky pledge is a good one and it is decent to put it upfront. I feel this way about Theresa May’s plan to take a bigger contribution from people who receive state-funded care at home in their final years.

The idea is to admit that, whether you stay put or move to a care home, it will now be considered that your means-tested wealth includes your house. Only the last £100,000 of the total gets protected for your heirs. Nobody, and no surviving partner, would have to sell that house in their lifetime. But after death the state would do