‘Social care buy-in for fair pay plan at risk after Budget tax hike’

By Simon Bottery, King’s FundOn the day before the Budget, I held a round table with social care leaders on the government’s ambition for a ‘fair pay agreement’ to raise care worker pay.
This would involve creating a negotiating body, bringing together care providers and unions, to agree higher wages and better terms and conditions for care staff.
“Will the plans happen?”, I asked. The sector leaders were largely positive that they would.
The next day, the Bud