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UNIONS have blasted a right-wing think tank’s “morally bankrupt” claims that Labour’s fair pay agreements for social care staff could cost taxpayers billions of pounds a year.
Carers and trade unions that represent them would negotiate a sector-wide agreement for pay, terms and conditions as part of the party’s new deal for working people.
The proposals were described as an “act of economic self-harm” by Policy Exchange, which argued in a report that raising the sector’s minimum wage to £15 an hour would leave the taxpayer forking out an extra £4.2bn a year via local authorities.
With 121,000 vacancies and 44.8% of staff feeling unwell from work stress, the NHS 10-year plan will not succeed unless the government takes immediate action to retain existing staff, writes ANNETTE MANSELL-GREEN
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
