• Care worker climb down over families shows government in chaos, says UNISON

    Following a government clarification that care workers already in the UK will not be forced to send dependants home when they renew their visas or change sponsors, UNISON head of social care Gavin Edwards said today (Friday):
    “This partial climb down on visa rules will bring some relief to migrant care workers already here with families.
    “But ministers should have been clear from the start. Overseas care staff could have been spared weeks
  • Government must ditch ‘catastrophic’ plans for migrant care workers  

    The government must scrap ‘catastrophic’ new visa rules aimed at migrant care workers, say UNISON and the National Care Forum (NCF).
    In a letter to health and social care secretary Victoria Atkins, the two organisations warn of the ‘devastating impact’ of the ban on overseas care staff bringing dependents to the UK, as announced by the government earlier this month.
    UNISON has written the letter jointly with the NCF – which represents thousands of not

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