Lib Dems call on Hunt to scrap tax cuts for banks to give carers a rise

PA Wire

The Liberal Democrats are calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to scrap planned tax cuts for banks to fund a pay rise for carers.

In a speech to the party’s spring conference in York, Treasury spokeswoman Sarah Olney will say ministers could “comfortably” afford a £2-an-hour pay rise for social care workers commissioned by local authorities if they took back money from the banks.