The Guardian view on no visas for care work: adding insult to injury | Editorial

Priti Patel’s decision to exclude low-paid care workers from the government’s points-based immigration scheme plunges the sector further into crisisIn January, the Migration Advisory Committee laid out to government ministers some of the consequences of moving to a points-based immigration system. The social care sector, it pointed out, would be severely affected by new minimum salary thresholds, designed to keep out unskilled workers from abroad. This was because caring for the vuln