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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Daniel Keane

Social care workforce funding cut ‘an insult’ to sector, ministers told

The Government has been criticised for halving the funding promised for the social care workforce in England, with one charity branding the move an “insult” to the sector.

Ministers had pledged to invest “at least £500 million” over the next three years to address record staff vacancies and rising demand for social care services.

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