New hope for regulated advice amendment in Care Bill

The revised amendment will be submitted when the Bill is debated in the House of Commons later this year, and campaigners say they have been encouraged by talks with MPs. The Bill, which seeks to reform social care law and introduces a cap on the costs people will have to pay for care in their lifetime, is currently in the House of Lords but will be passed to the Commons shortly after MPs return from party conference recess in October. In July, the House of Lords blocked an amendment tabled by stakeholders - including providers Just Retirement and Partnership - requiring councils to r...