‘I can’t afford to retire’ – why carers need a living wage

Care workers have quietly kept the country running for decades, overworked and underpaid.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced carers into life-threatening working conditions, and UNISON is fighting to raise their wages.
Sian Stockham works as a carer for people with learning disabilities in Abergaveny, Wales, and also as a support worker in a reablement and rehabilitation resource centre.
She said: “I’m lucky to have a job, and one that I love. There is absolutely no work that is more i