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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Martin Bagot

Tory social care 'betrayal' sparks fury with plan to slash workforce funding in HALF

Furious social care leaders have reacted to an announcement that funding promised for the care workforce is to be halved.

The Tories had pledged to invest “at least £500m over the next three years” for the care workforce in England in a 2021 white paper.

The new Department of Health and Social Care announcement - sneaked out on Monday during the Parliamentary recess - cut this to £250 million.

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