now, until you were done, to £23,000. now. we re until you were done, to £23,000. now, we re saying, if you have got £100,000, now, we re saying, if you have got £100,000, or less, we will help you, and that £100,000, or less, we will help you, and that doesn t include your housing and that doesn t include your housing asset, your home. the former health secretary, housing asset, your home. the former health secretary, the housing asset, your home. the former health secretary, the conservative - health secretary, the conservative jeremy hunt said that the proposal is less generous than he would have hoped for but urged tory mps to back it in the commons. labour says this simply cements and helps the wealth of wealthier homeowners in the south of wealthier homeowners in the south of england. it is actually a care con because if you need social care and you are fortunate to own a £1 million house, say in the home counties, then 90% of your assets will be protected. but
will be protected. but if you re unfortunate enough to need social care and you live in an £80,000 terrace house in barrow or hartlepool or mansfield, you ll lose nearly everything. that is manifestly unfair. it s not levelling up, it s frankly daylight robbery. let s talk to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. what difficulties is the government facing from its own backbenchers? there is an important caveat about the cap is being delivered through an amendment to a piece of legislation going through parliament at the moment which will itself amend the original legislation that put the social care cap in place a few years ago but it was never activated. this legislation has still got a few more parliamentary stages to go through, not least to the house of lords. i think tonight s vote rather than some kind of make or break moment is more going to be an opportunity to take
manifestly unfair. not levelling up quite frankly daylight robbery. we are saying vote with us tonight to reject the proposals and tell ministers to retreat to the drawing board and come up with a fair alternative. alternative. this is a perfect moment alternative. this is a perfect moment for alternative. this is a perfect moment for you alternative. this is a perfect moment for you in - alternative. this is a perfect moment for you in the i alternative. this is a perfect i moment for you in the labour alternative. this is a perfect - moment for you in the labour party. there are rumblings that some of the tory mps you mentioned are not particularly happy. i can see it is a moment when you could make political capital now. what with the labour party deal if it was the party in government? we would completely party in government? we would completely reform party in government? we would completely reform social- party in government? we would completely reform social care i pa
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