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INVESTMENT in Britain’s shattered social care sector would boost the whole economy and take pressure off the NHS, a new report has stated.
But instead it is short of 152,000 workers and its skilled staff are among the lowest-paid in the country.
The report, Carenomics, is published by the Future Social Care Coalition (FSCC) whose member organisations include public-sector union Unison.
Unison national officer CLARE WILLIAMS spoke to the Morning Star about the union’s priority campaigns and why they will not let up just because the Prime Minister has changed
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
The election offers a critical chance to shape the future of pay, care and community provision in Wales, says Unison’s JESS TURNER
Roger McKenzie talks to general secretary of Unison CHRISTINA McANEA about the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on members, the local government funding emergency and the threat of Reform UK