Care Bill: Referral to financial advice rejected in House of Lords

Without this amendment, under Clause 4 councils need only refer people to "independent advice" for instance charities and other organisations. In a committee session on the bill, Baroness Greengross, chief executive of International Longevity Centre  and Society of Later Life Advisers president, Lord Lipsey tabled amendments for regulated financial advice. Despite this, health minister Earl Howe concluded there was no need for the bill to set this out specifically as other kinds of advice may be more relevant. He said that taking independent advice is a matter of personal choice an...