Post-Brexit care worker shortage looms
Having good social care is a life and death situation for disabled people and they must not become collateral damage in pursuit of the removal of freedom of movement, writes LINDA BURNIP
The welcome news that Cuba has finally been removed from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list is tempered by the fact that Donald Trump, the man who put it there, is returning to the White House, warns NATASHA HICKMAN
Thanks to impressive progress in Britain with wind and solar generation, clean electricity now costs a fraction of the price of gas — yet the current system keeps bills artificially high to protect fossil fuels, writes TOM HARDY
By spreading race-based conspiracy theories, the billionaire tycoon turned right-wing provocateur has been seriously undermining the case against those who really did let victims of the grooming gangs down, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
Many Western countries are grappling with deep political instability. What are the causes of this, and what could be a possible way forward? asks MARC VANDEPITTE
KEITH BENNETT explains why, despite its present meagre economic outcomes, an honest and fruitful partnership with China is worth pursuing
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IN OCTOBER 2020 the government promised the House of Lords that an independent report into the ending of free movement and the social care workforce would be completed within six months — by the end of May 2021.
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is very concerned that as yet no plans have even been put in place for this to happen and the end of applications to the EU settlement scheme, which has been fraught with problems due to the pandemic, has now ended.
The social care sector includes a variety of employment options. The vast majority of social care workers work in care and nursing homes, or in domiciliary care where the workers go into disabled and older people’s own homes, for short periods of time to provide social care support.
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