Social care has been on the ropes for years, following the failure of successive governments to even come up with a funding plan, let alone get a grip on our social care crisis. The announcement of a clampdown on migrant workers could be a knockout blow (‘If you go to Saudi, it’s sunny’: foreign care workers could quit UK after clampdown, 6 December).
This is a fragile sector that relies on skilled and dedicated workers from abroad. By stopping them bringing dependants into the country, many will understandably be put off coming. Yet, with a squeeze on pay and years of underinvestment, it seems highly unlikely workers already in the UK will be rushing to replace them.
