Care Workers: Change is urgently needed to fix the mess the Conservatives made

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Commenting on the government's Immigration White Paper, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Carers Alison Bennett MP said:

"The Conservatives failed to bring forward their promised plans to get social care working and as a result left care providers with no choice other than to rely on overseas workers.

“Change is urgently needed to fix the mess the Conservatives made. The new Government has failed to bring forward a credible plan that makes it easier to recruit British workers to fill these vacancies.

“If the Government doesn’t introduce a higher Carer’s Minimum Wage to tackle this and get on with reforming social care this year, both their plans for social care and immigration will fall apart.

“Our country deserves a comprehensive plan to fix social care - not half-baked proposals that only address one part of the problem.”

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