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• Poor sick pay is bad for ill workers and society at large | Torsten Bell

  07-11-2021 12:00
  
  Everyone suffers when those who come into contact with others go into work when they are unwellWe’ve talked about sick pay before in this column, unsurprisingly, given that a pandemic means lots of ill workers. But while we’ve needed those with Covid to stay at home, it’s been hard, thanks to the lowest statutory sick pay in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which protects only a quarter of our earnings on average.It’s worth asking why overall si
  
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• Care boss blasts ministers for treating NHS like ‘favoured child’

  07-11-2021 07:00
  
  Head of Care England says Tory policy has widened gulf between the two services since start of pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters have deepened the split between social care and the health service since the pandemic began, the chief executive of trade group Care England has said.In a devastating attack on the government, Professor Martin Green said that ministers tested out controversial policies on social care and treated it “like the child
  
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