The Guardian view on Labour’s visa crackdown in social care: another problem for an overstretched system | Editorial
The article discusses the British government's decision to close down the special visa route that allowed international care workers to ease the staffing crisis in the social care sector. The sector currently faces around 130,000 vacancies, and it is estimated that 540,000 new care workers will be needed by 2040 due to an aging population. The government's move to curtail the hiring of foreign care workers is seen as a shortsighted and risky decision, as it comes in the absence of any fundamental reform of the sector, where employees have historically been underpaid and undervalued. The article highlights the opposition to this decision from industry bodies and unions, and suggests that it will only exacerbate the challenges faced by an already overstretched social care system.
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