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• Councils say they are ‘held to ransom’ by private providers of children’s care

  29-11-2023 18:18
  One child cost a local authority £63,000 a week and the number of placements has shot up to more than 1,500 from 120 five years agoCouncils have claimed they are being “held to ransom” by private care providers, as it emerged the taxpayer has been paying as much as £63,000 a week for single children’s social care placements.The extraordinary bill – equivalent to £3.3m a year for one placement – came in new figures from local authorities in England
  
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• How Labour’s plan for ‘fair pay’ deals looks to solve UK social care crisis

  29-11-2023 14:46
  Underfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague“My sister is a care worker. She was a care worker during the pandemic. Fourteen-hour shifts, often overnight. Unimaginable pressure. And the reward? A struggle every week – and I mean every week – just to make ends meet.”So spoke Keir Starmer last month, drawing on experience close to home in his party conference speech to underline his determinat
  
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• UK ministers considering limit on foreign care workers’ dependants

  29-11-2023 10:23
  
  Steve Barclay says home secretary is looking at restrictions after Robert Jenrick proposed banning workers from bringing childrenThe number of dependants that foreign care workers are allowed to bring in to the UK could be cut under government plans to reduce immigration, a cabinet minister has said.Steve Barclay, the environment secretary, said the home secretary, James Cleverly, was considering restrictions on dependant numbers as an option to reduce figures. Continue reading...
  
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