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• Government has no plan for social care, says UNISON

  07-09-2021 18:13
  
  Commenting on the joint press conference today (Tuesday) on social care with Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said: “Put simply the government has no plan for social care.
  “The money promised is nowhere near what’s needed – £5.3bn over three years doesn’t even come close.
  “Social care needs more than just a tweak, it requires wholesale change from top to bottom.
  “Those currently in
  
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• New social care levy shows government priorities are all wrong, says UNISON       

  07-09-2021 14:07
  
  Commenting today (Tuesday) on government plans for a new health and social care levy in England, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “General taxation should be the solution for social care, not national insurance hikes. The focus on funding instead of reform is a cart-before-the-horse approach.
  “A detailed plan is needed first to mend and future-proof a sector broken by years of neglect. Only then will the cost of making good the d
  
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• Blog: Still in solidarity, two decades later

  07-09-2021 11:20
  
  This Saturday marks 20 years since the world was shaken by the heinous attacks in the United States. The 9/11 plotters caused the deaths of 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 and had a devastating impact on the lives of countless others.
  Harrowing scenes of human suffering, chaos and disaster were projected around the globe, while the reality played out in front of everyone in New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania.
  The first to respond and to reach each scene were, of course, emergency service
  
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