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Trade unionists brand SNP's social care plans a ‘shambles on stilts’
Older people at a charity tea party in London

SOCIAL care in Scotland is in “severe crisis” and SNP plans for a national care service fail to address it, according to trade unionists today.

Unison, GMB and trade councils from both Glasgow and Edinburgh came together to demand change in social care at the STUC Congress.

But they believe that current proposals from the SNP Scottish government to introduce a national care service are deeply flawed.

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