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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Christy Cooney

Halving social care workforce funding in England an ‘insult’, ministers told

An older man sitting on the edge of a bed holding a walking stick

Charities have criticised an announcement that funding promised for the social care workforce in England is to be halved, with one calling the move “an insult”.

In a white paper on adult social care reform published in December 2021, ministers pledged to invest “at least £500m over the next three years to begin to transform the way we support the social care workforce”.

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