it s tuesday, 23rd november. our main story. a controversial change to the way people in england pay for social care has been narrowly approved by mps, despite warnings that poorer households could end up paying more. the prime minister has insisted the new cap would still be incredibly generous , but he still faced a conservative rebellion in the vote. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the cost of paying for care can be high. for some families it can wipe out nearly everything they ve saved for. the government says its plan will stop that, but critics say not for everyone. it won the vote last night, but the result was tight. the ayes to the right, 272. the noes to the left, 246. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. under the plan, if someone has a house worth £120,000, they ll still have to pay £86,000 themselves, even though they qualify for some council help.
and they will be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. if an individual has a house worth 500,000, they will have to pay 86,000, but will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. let me remove all doubt on this issue. no one will lose from these reforms compared to the system we have now. and the overwhelming majority will win. labour argued the plan didn t live up to the government s promise. why has the government moved away from the position ofjust a few months ago, when it published ahead of a vote on increasing national insurance, a move to a policy i iow which disproportionately benefits those with greater assets, which surely cannot be fair? some tories were not happy either. there is real cause on these benches about the distribution of the relative losses, and the worry that the less well off are going to be hit hardest from
but the result was tight. the ayes to the right, 272. the noes to the left, 2a6. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. under the plan, if someone has a house worth £120,000, they ll still have to pay £86,000 themselves, even though they qualify for some council help. and they will be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. if an individual has a house worth £500,000, they will have to pay £86,000, but will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. let me remove all doubt on this issue. no one will lose from these reforms compared to the system we have now. and the overwhelming majority will win. labour argued the plan didn t live up to the government s promises. why has the government moved away from the position ofjust a few months ago, that it published ahead of a vote on increasing national insurance, and move to a policy now
for care can be high. for some families it can wipe out nearly everything they ve saved for. the government says its plan will stop that, but critics say not for everyone. it won the vote last night, but the result was tight. the ayes to the right, 272. the noes to the left, 246. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. under the plan, if someone has a house worth £120,000, they ll still have to pay £86,000 themselves, even though they qualify for some council help. and they will be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. if an individual has a house worth £500,000, they will have to pay £86,000, but will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. let me remove all doubt on this issue. no one will lose from these reforms compared to the system we have now. and the overwhelming majority will win.
say not for everyone. it won the vote last night, but the result was tight. the ayes to the right, 272. the noes to the left, 246. so the ayes have it, the ayes have it. under the plan, if someone has a house worth £120,000, they ll still have to pay £86,000 themselves, even though they qualify for some council help. and they will be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. if an individual has a house worth 500,000, they will have to pay 86,000, but will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. let me remove all doubt on this issue. no one will lose from these reforms compared to the system we have now. and the overwhelming majority will win. labour argued the plan didn t live up to the government s promises. why has the government moved