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• Jenrick’s perverse solution to plug our social care gap | Letters

  05-10-2023 19:15
  
  Readers respond to the minister’s suggestion that British people should have more children to reduce the need for migrant care workersRobert Jenrick has suggested that instead of granting visas to overseas workers to fill the gaping hole in our care system, British parents should be encouraged to have more children to provide the workforce to look after our growing population of elderly people (Report, 2 October). This has to be one of the most stupid things I’ve heard coming out of
  
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• Rishi Sunak knows the end is nigh, but has no clue how to build a decent legacy. He should ask me | Polly Toynbee

  05-10-2023 18:49
  
  It may be too late for his party. But from council tax reform to social care, there’s still time for the PM to salvage his reputation“Rishi Sunak is a man in a hurry,” briefs his Downing Street press secretary. Yes, indeed: Tory prime minister No 5, your time is nearly up. But not just yet. If he is serious about “change”, about “broken politics” and “long-term” policies, he could still leave a legacy many will thank him for.He pitched his sp
  
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