• Government ‘to cut £250m from social care workforce funding’ in England

    Government ‘to cut £250m from social care workforce funding’ in England
    Ministers set to halve the £500m promised to invest in staffing of sector with more than 165,000 vacancies, report saysPolitics live - latest updatesMinisters are poised to cut £250m from investment in the social care workforce in England, it has been reported, in a move that could set back care “for years to come”.With more than 165,000 care worker vacancies and low pay driving staff to quit for better wages in retail and hospitality, care providers and councils have bee

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