Reform of care must be the priority as the recruitment of overseas workers is brought to an end, says UNISON unison.org.uk/news/2025/05/r…

‘We need to move ahead urgently with a fair pay agreement for the care sector, but in the meantime care workers from overseas need to be treated with dignity and respect’ Gavin Edwards UNISON head of care on BBC Woman’s Hour Catch up: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

LISTEN: Gavin Edwards UNISON head of care is on Times Radio talking about care workers, fair pay, and changes to UK care worker visa thetimes.com/radio/live

‘Social care work is highly skilled…but we pay it... at an equivalent to unskilled work’ Gavin Edwards UNISON head of care on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social urges government to get on with the fair pay agreement for the care sector. thetimes.com/radio/show/202…

Labour are building genuinely affordable homes for local people 🏡 Last year more social rent homes were completed in Southwark than in any other London borough 🏗️ Meanwhile no Lib Dem councils in London managed to start building a single new social rent home ❌

🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 A Fair Pay Agreement in social care would give 603,000 care workers a £2,050 pay rise. In Seizing the Opportunity, Joe Dromey & Ben Cooper call for a bold, fully funded deal to attract 90,000 workers and save employers £163m.

The Tories dithered and delayed. Labour is getting on with the job. Within just two weeks, we have secured trade deals with India, the US and now, a new deal with the EU.

Give care workers a £2,000 pay rise to help tackle workforce crisis, says a report supported by UNISON - UK's largest union and published by The Fabian Society unison.org.uk/news/press-rel…

📢NEW REPORT📢 Social care is facing a workforce crisis. The new Fabian’s report makes the case for an ambitious and fully funded Fair Pay Agreement to give care workers a much-deserved pay rise, and fix the crisis.

“A timely and important contribution, with recommendations aimed at making the care sector a more attractive proposition for workers” Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea on the Fabian Society’s new report, Seizing the Opportunity

Great to talk to lots of local residents in Nunhead this weekend with Southwark Labour

This is the worst take on Britpop I've read in years (from Alex Petridis' Guardian review of the new Pulp Album). And I remember "Britpop caused Brexit." 🙄

Spending Review: Commenting on the investment plans announced in the spending review, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea: “The chancellor is trying to turn the page on the austerity disaster inflicted on communities across the UK by successive Conservative governments.

‘What a momentous year it has been.’ UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea addresses UNISON’s national conference #uNDC25 WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=-d1TEg…

We have reached an agreement for the transfer of Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen 🤝😄

Violence against women is a ‘national emergency’ unsn.uk/4kQDE13

Football is not important at this sad time. You feel helpless, knowing there’s so little we can do to ease the pain for his wife of just two weeks, his three beautiful children. Thinking and praying for all their loved ones after the devastating loss of both Diogo and Andre. YNWA

It has begun

Lack of sick pay for care staff. Christina McAnea highlights how this drove infection rates. And how the issue still needs resolving.