Rattled UK PM May forced into 'dementia tax' U-turn after poll lead halves

Rattled UK PM May forced into ‘dementia tax’ U-turn after poll lead halves
MoreBy Kylie MacLellan and Kate Holton
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to publicly backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday after plans to force elderly people to pay more for their social care halved her party’s opinion poll lead in just a few days.
In what amounts to her biggest misstep of the campaign to date, May set out plans on Thursda