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The Independent UK
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Aine Fox

‘Swathes of social care market could collapse under £2.8bn cost pressures’

Social care leaders have told MPs of their concerns around changes to visas for care workers coming from overseas (Alamy/PA) -

Private and non-profit social care providers could be faced with increased costs of around £2.8 billion in the next financial year, according to analysis which warns of businesses potentially going bust.

The Nuffield Trust, a health and social care think tank, said a rise in national insurance contributions (NICs) and wage bills for providers could see “swathes of the social care market collapsing under these extra cost pressures”.

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