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If ministers had even a basic grasp of the sector, they would have reformed it long ago.

Commenting on the findings from the British Social Attitudes Survey, published by the King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust which show falling levels of public satisfaction with social care, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said:

Next government must make social care a priority

Care staff in Swansea are being urged to share stories of working through the pandemic for the UK Covid inquiry by public services union UNISON.

A care company fully owned by Norfolk County Council wants to shortchange its staff by over £500, UNISON said today. Arm-length firm Independence Matters is refusing to pass on the full nationally agreed local government pay rise for the first time since it was set up in 2013, says the union. The company provides support […]

The ban means overseas care staff will be much less likely to come to work in the UK. But migrant workers are still very much needed

What’s needed is the proper reform that can only come from a national care service.

Higher pay needed to boost workforce

Government accused of playing roulette with essential services just to placate its backbenchers and the far-right

What’s needed is a national care service that’s adequately funded, with proper standards and fair pay for its workforce.

The crisis at a Cambridgeshire care company shows why the government must drop plans to cap overseas care staff numbers and act to stop employers exploiting those already working in the UK, says UNISON today. The union says proposals reportedly being drawn up by immigration minister Robert Jenrick to curb migration would be disastrous for […]

The care system would implode without migrant care staff.

Instead of seeking solutions to serious problems, ministers are demonising migrant workers and seeking scapegoats

Council leaders in Cardiff and Swansea will be among guests told about billions being extracted from the care system.

A properly funded social care system should be the backbone of a thriving economy.