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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Care homes will close thanks to Starmer’s immigration crackdown, providers warn

More social care services will be forced to close their doors as a result of Sir Keir Starmer’s immigration crackdown, providers have warned as they hit out at the government’s “whack-a-mole” approach to the sector.

The plans, which include ending the recruitment of care workers from overseas, will leave older people and disabled patients will be left without access to safe care, care companies added.

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