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Issue 148
Government Warned “Spare Social Care From Overseas Worker Cuts”
PROVIDERS URGE GOVERNMENT NOT TO STOP VITAL SOURCE OF STAFF WORRIED care providers have called on the Government to spare the social care sector from any moves to cut the number of overseas workers coming to the UK. The Independent Care Group (ICG) has warned that limiting the flow of overseas staff to work in the sector would hit the care of older and vulnerable people hard, as it struggles to recover from the pandemic. There are fears that the Government is to crack down on overseas recruitment amidst fears over rising immigration figures, due to be released
shortly. But ICG Chair Mike Padgham said it was vital that the Government spared the social care sector from any cuts. “Cutting the number of overseas staff that we can bring in to work in social care would be the worst thing the Government could do right now,” he said. “Care providers are struggling to recover from the devastating impact first of the Covid-19 pandemic and now from the cost-of-living crisis. We are already losing providers and taking away a vital source of staff might push even more to the edge of survival.” (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)