Budget Resolutions - Amendment of the Law

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:31 pm on 9 March 2017.

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Photo of Angela Eagle Angela Eagle Labour, Wallasey 4:31, 9 March 2017

Does my hon. Friend also recognise that the cuts to benefits, particularly to housing benefit, will have a huge effect on extra care? Large numbers of people are very happy, well looked after and protected in those arrangements, but they cannot pay for them if housing benefit goes. Moving those people into nursing care will cost far more a week. That is another ticking time bomb.