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• Sunak rebuked by UK’s statistics watchdog for making misleading claim about government debt – as it happened

  19-12-2023 19:20
  The prime minister has been facing questions on his government’s performance from senior MPs on the Commons liaison committeeSocial care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from the sector, the Commons health committee heard this morning. PA Media has filed this from the hearing.The head of Care England, which represents socia
  
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• Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit

  19-12-2023 17:42
  End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPsPost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery becoming “a feature” of the care sector in England the Care Quality Commission has told MPs.James Bullion, chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care at the watchdog, told the Commons health and social care select committee that the end of free mov
  
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