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WHO cares for the carers, when so many of those looking after our most vulnerable citizens are on breadline wages?

We must act on the shocking findings by the Institute for Public Policy Research, before we end up with an even deeper social care crisis.

It’s pure exploitation that nearly half of the 1.3 million carers are on less than the living wage or zero-hour contracts, struggling to pay for the basics. And, it’s the reason why, within a decade, we could be 400,000 workers short.

Brexit may well make the staff vacancy problem worse, but this problem is truly homemade. Our politicians have, for far too long, tried to deliver care on the cheap.