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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Aine Fox

Care leaders ‘blindsided’ by visa change which ‘could drive workers from sector’

Social care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently-announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from the sector, MPs have heard.

The head of Care England, which represents social care providers across the country, criticised a lack of consultation with the sector, saying it left them “particularly concerned, annoyed and irritated”.

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