• Film honours 41 ‘heroines’ lost in Guatemala children’s home fire

    Film honours 41 ‘heroines’ lost in Guatemala children’s home fire
    As their families await justice, Jayro Bustamante’s movie, Rita, highlights the bravery of victims of 2017 blaze, and the authorities’ failure to protect themAda Kelly Alfaro says the cries from friends asking for help still haunt her daughter, Cynthia Phaola Morales, seven years after she survived a fire at a children’s shelter in Guatemala that killed 41 girls.Cynthia was one of only 15 survivors of the blaze at the Virgen de la Asunción (HSVA), in San José Pinu
  • Health groups call for social care minimum wage to avert staffing crisis in England

    Health groups call for social care minimum wage to avert staffing crisis in England
    Warning on ‘cycle of low wages’ comes as government pledges in king’s speech to introduce fair pay agreementA specific minimum wage for social care is needed if England is to avert a staffing crisis, according to leading thinktanks.Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation have also called for the introduction of of national pay banding to tackle pernicious low pay in adult social care and encourage key workers to stay in the industry. Continue reading...

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