And here the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg again on tonight’s narrow government win on the social care cap, despite an 80 seat majority in the Commons:
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And here the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg again on tonight’s narrow government win on the social care cap, despite an 80 seat majority in the Commons:
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It appears the PM thought his Peppa Pig lines from his CBI speech earlier so delightful that he recycled them at two other events hours later, according to the FT’s Sebastian Payne:
The Conservative former cabinet minister Damian Green, who said he abstained on the key vote on social care changes, said it was unclear whether the alteration to the cap for care costs is fair.
He told BBC’s Newsnight:
The party wants to see a proper fair solution to social care that is fair around the country and in all areas of the country.
And to put it as politely as I can, it’s not yet clear that this solution achieves that.
This just in from PA’s Richard Wheeler:
This from my colleague Jessica Elgot:
18 Tory MPs voted against the government tonight on NC49, including Esther McVey, MP for Tatton and former minister for housing, Mark Harper, the former Conservative chief whip who had said before the vote he would vote against the proposal, and Kevin Hollinrake, who had challenged the health and social care minister Edward Argar earlier in the Commons on the government’s social care cap proposals.
69 Tory MPs abstained, including Theresa May, Robert Buckland, the previous Secretary of State for Justice, Sir Ian Duncan Smith, David Davis, Jeremy Hunt, and Tom Tugendhat, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
25 Labour MPs abstained as well.
I’m A Celebrity presenters Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly aimed a jibe at Boris Johnson, making fun of the PM’s much criticised speech he gave to the Confederation of British Industry earlier.
Appearing live from Gwrych Castle, McPartlin asked his co-host where they had bought a cake that featured in a recent challenge.
Donnelly flipped through sheets of paper for more than 10 second saying “Forgive me!” until finding the correct page and exclaiming: “We got it in Poundland in Rhyl”.
Johnson had stumbled through parts of a speech to the CBI and said “forgive me” while he tried to find the correct place in his notes.
This from Angela Rayner:
And this from Neil Coyle, Labour MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark:
The division list on the NC49 vote isn’t out yet, but it seems there were some Tory rebels:
A Labour amendment that would have banned private health care firms from being appointed to NHS decision-making boards or local integrated care boards was just defeated. Ayes 192, noes 300.
There is some outrage about the Tories hosting a winter fundraising ball tonight that auctioned off time with cabinet members for donations.
This from Kevin Maguire, associate editor of the Daily Mirror:
And this from the Sun’s Jack Elsom:
Here my colleague Jessica Elgot’s summary on tonight’s vote:
This from ITV’s Robert Peston:
This from Paul Waugh, the ipaper’s chief political commentator:
And this from the shadow environment secretary and Labour & Co-op MP for Plymouth Sutton & Devonport, Luke Pollard:
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