Social care would be transformed under a  Labour government

A national care service would transform the lives of millions of people, as well as dramatically improving the careers and fortunes of workers delivering vital support, says UNISON today (Monday). Labour’s proposed overhaul of the sector would herald fairer pay and reverse the growing job vacancy trend that means thousands of people are currently unable to get the social care packages they desperately need, the union says. Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool today, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “In Boris Johnson’s final departing insult to the country, he had the cheek to claim that, ‘like a rocket booster’, he’d fixed social care. “That came as a total surprise to everyone working in the sector and all those reliant upon it. “Far from being fixed, social care is in a worse state than ever before. It’s propped up by underpaid and undervalued employees, including exploited migrant workers. “There are 160,000 care worker vacancies and thousands of hospital beds are taken up every day by patients needing social care that’s not available. But last week in Manchester, the Conservatives had nothing to say on care. “The Tories have no social care plan now and haven’t had one for the past 13 years. They’ve neglected everyone needing support and ignored all the workers delivering it. “People say Labour needs to be ambitious. And there’s nothing more ambitious than a national care service. T...
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