SOCIAL CARE must not be a “poor cousin of the NHS” under a Labour government, trade unionists demanded today.
Delegates meeting at the union’s annual conference in Liverpool have voted to continue campaigning on behalf of the beleaguered care sector and the people who rely on it to live.
Unison believes that the sector faces a “perfect storm” where the impact of years of underfunding has been worsened by heightened demand and the impact of other cuts on the health, housing and welfare sectors.
Burnham urged to create publicly-provided national care service before the end of the parliament, and to keep his promise to ditch neoliberalism
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