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kshata Murty, the wife of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, meets with residents during a visit to a Royal British Legion care facility, catering exclusively for ex-servicemen and women and their spouses in Ripon, Yorkshire, while on the General Election campaign trail, May 29, 2024
UNISON demanded properly funded increases for adult social care and the NHS today as delegates at the union’s annual conference blasted the Tories for failing to “care about care.”
Moving the motion on behalf of the national executive Jordan Rivera said the Conservative government’s record on care was one of “shame where thousands are forced to go without the care that they deserve.”
She added that care workers continued to be treated with contempt, with “many continuing to have to survive on zero-hour contracts.”
ANDY CHAFFER previews this week’s conference, where delegates will celebrate the strategies that have secured £40 million for NHS workers and debate the catastrophe of Labour and Tory austerity that has working-class voters turning to Reform UK