Boris Johnson’s care cap change to make poor pay more rejected by Lords
Prime minister Boris Johnson’s last minute change to a care cap that would have forced poorer people to pay more, has been rejected by the House of Lords.
Peers voted 198-158 for an amendment to the Health and Care Bill, to ensure the amount councils pay towards care will actually count towards an individual’s £86,000 cap on care costs.
The proposed adult social care cap meant people will not have to pay more than £86,000 over their lifetime for care fees from October 2023. However, Mr Johnson’s controversial ‘Clause 155’ meant anything councils pay towards people’s care would not count towards the cap.
Peers voted against the clause which would have led to people with £110,000 in assets losing 78 per cent of their wealth to pay for care with the care cap, while those with assets worth half a million lost only 17 per cent, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation.