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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Martin Bagot

Labour vow to kick financial 'sharks' out of care homes with fair pay for workers

A National Care Service will be set up as Labour Party “unfinished business” following its historic 1947 founding of the NHS - starting by guaranteeing carers’ proper pay and training.

Shadow Health and Care Secretary West Streeting today pledges to kick out the financial “sharks” that have taken over the nation’s care homes and reverse declining standards at our elderly facilities.

Financial giants that suck out taxpayers cash as profits by saddling care homes with huge amounts of debt while being based in tax havens abroad will be forced out.

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