One in five households where adults are classed as “key” workers has children living in poverty, according to new research. The TUC said its study suggests that the number of
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Around 600 people every day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for social care and support in England, figures from councils suggest. Unprecedented numbers of people needing help
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Social care workers need to be “better paid and more highly regarded” rather than earning less than dog walkers, a former deputy prime minister has said. In a report published
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A lack of investment into social care worker pay, while NHS workers have been promised a rise, has been described by a care group as “another act of treachery” towards
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The Government is on a collision course with public sector workers including nurses and teachers after announcing pay rises which were attacked as a real-terms wage cut. One union leader
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The new Health Secretary is being urged to end the delay in announcing a pay rise for nurses amid research suggesting public support for industrial action over the issue has
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The Government’s decision to cut enhanced Covid-related sick pay and special leave for NHS workers in England has been called “wrong” and “incomprehensible” by NHS staff. Covid-related absences had been
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Scottish Labour has branded moves to end unlimited sick pay for NHS workers suffering from long Covid “reckless” and fears staff may lose their jobs over the plans. The party’s
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Labour has called on ministers to “make a better fist” of dealing with low pay for council binmen and social workers than it has with striking railway workers. As shadow
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Since the post-COVID reopening of the economy, staffing shortages in the care sector in England have been of increasing concern. In October 2021, British charity Skills for Care warned that,
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