CARE workers are demanding an end to poverty wages in the sector as Britons prepare to take part in the last “clap for carers” this evening. 

A new campaign by Citizens UK, in collaboration with care workers, is calling on the government to ensure that they are paid the real living wage, given adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) and workers’ rights on par with those of NHS staff. 

About 280,000 workers in the sector are underpaid and in insecure roles, such as on zero-hours contracts, the charity said.