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• Blog: King’s speech is a missed opportunity

  07-11-2023 13:45
  
  The King’s speech today was a missed opportunity to announce plans for a national care service.
  If the government is truly focused on “increasing economic growth and safeguarding the health and security of the British people for generations to come”, then a national care service would have been top of the list.
  What better way to change this country for the better than by creating a service that will protect and look after those who need care, allow their relatives to stay in f
  
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• King’s Speech shows the government is all out of ideas

  07-11-2023 13:30
  
  Commenting on the measures outlined in the King’s Speech today (Tuesday), UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “This is a government with nothing left to offer. There was little announced today that will make the slightest bit of difference to the many real and deep-seated problems the country faces.
  “This is a legislative programme heavy on cheap political points, but light on policies to right the wrongs of years of foolhardy austerity.
  “Conservative gov
  
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