Boris Johnson has been accused of "conning" voters on social care, after Tory MPs rubber stamped a controversial funding plan that will hit poorer pensioners.
The plan, passed by 272 to 246 votes, excludes council support payments from the new £86,000 care cap. The move will on average leave homeowners who need long-term elderly care in the most deprived areas of the North spending at least 60% of their eligible property value, compared to 20% in the wealthiest southern areas, on care.
The Government says this is to ensure that people “do not reach the £86,000 care cap at an artificially faster rate than what they contribute”. Read more: Bury MP admits he called fellow Tory Owen Paterson a 'c***' to his face over lobbying controversy With
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