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Disabled people ‘will feel the sharp end’ of Cleverly’s immigration ‘crackdown’

By John Pring on 7th December 2023 Category: Independent Living

Disabled people ‘will feel the sharp end’ of Cleverly’s immigration ‘crackdown’
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Disabled people who rely on care workers are likely to “feel the sharp end” of the government’s planned changes to the immigration system, campaigners have warned. The new home secretary, James Cleverly, announced the government’s latest “crackdown” on Monday, with plans […]

Call for urgent immigration action over care worker shortage

By John Pring on 21st January 2021 Category: Independent Living

Call for urgent immigration action over care worker shortage
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Disabled campaigners are to call on government advisers and ministers to make it easier for care workers from outside the UK to work in this country as personal assistants (PAs), and so help ease the “social care ticking time bomb”. They […]

Hancock comes up empty on ‘no deal Brexit’ social care recruitment plans

By John Pring on 20th December 2018 Category: Independent Living

Hancock comes up empty on ‘no deal Brexit’ social care recruitment plans
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The health and social care secretary has failed to produce any evidence that he has put extra plans in place to deal with an adult social care recruitment crisis in the event of a “no deal Brexit”. Despite the ever-increasing likelihood […]

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