A properly funded social care system should be the backbone of a thriving economy.
social care
Change needed after 13 years of declining living standards and harm to public services
Without a long-term plan to solve care’s staffing crisis, the sector will remain many thousands of employees short.
Migrant staff deserve nothing but respect and dignity for coming to look after those who need care the most.
The Conservatives had been in power for ten years when Covid struck.
Ministers must take responsibility and pledge to deliver a well-funded national care service with nationwide pay scales.
“Insourcing, insourcing, insourcing is the solution to market failure”, delegates hear
A national care service would boost wages, put quality above profit-making and ensure everyone receives the support they need.
After four months of collective action, support workers received £780 back pay alongside the pay increase
Deep-rooted staffing problems will only begin to be resolved by addressing endemic low pay in the sector.