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Dan Peters 09 September 2024

Social care wage rise call

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Image: Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock.com.

Unions have called for wages to rise in social care to resolve the ‘recruitment crisis'.

The four-day Trades Union Congress yesterday backed a Unison motion, which also called for a ‘credible' workforce strategy.

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