Care workers take centre stage at local government conference

The final afternoon of the UNISON’s 2023 local government conference saw several motions on social care passed.
The session, chaired by UNISON president Andrea Egan, kicked off with a motion on a national care service.
Tony Barnsley, introducing the motion on behalf of the NJC local government committee, said: “The pandemic shone a light on social care for a lot of people in this country.
“On the one hand, we saw minimum-waged heroes putting themselves on the frontline, to care