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• Boris Johnson told: dump plan for social care charges or face Tory rebellion

  20-11-2021 22:00
  
  MPs from north of England vent rage in emergency call with minister Gillian Keegan amid backbench fury at costs faced by less well-off pensionersSenior Conservatives on Saturday urged Boris Johnson to ditch plans that would see many of England’s poorest pensioners paying more for their social care – or risk being forced by his own MPs into a humiliating U-turn.The prime minister, still reeling from sleaze allegations and fury among “red wall” MPs over scaled-back rail inv
  
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• ‘This is an attack on human rights’: UK care homes still denying family visits to residents

  20-11-2021 18:33
  
  Relatives and support groups claim that the sector has been ‘left behind’ as the rest of society opens upDozens of care homes are still denying people access to their elderly relatives 20 months after the pandemic began, according to support groups.Although ministers have urged care homes to allow relatives to visit, groups including the Relatives & Residents Association and Unlock Care Homes say that many are still unable to see elderly residents. Continue reading...
  
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