A Wealth Tax and a Maximum Wage at 10x the national Minimum Wage will raise more for health and social care while lifting the burden from the lowest-paid workers. Here’s why we need a Wealth Tax and a Maximum Wage: […]
On the very same day (19 May) a new report on Scotland’s care homes described the crisis in care for older people as “the greatest failure of devolved government since the creation of the Scottish parliament”, SNP and Tory MSPs combined forces to defeat calls for collective bargaining rights for workers in the private care home sector. […]
by Natalie Reid It’s no secret that social care funding is in crisis, in Scotland and across the UK as a whole. Inevitably, this has led to inequality in social care provision, meaning only those who can afford it can be guaranteed the high standards of care we all deserve; whether it’s later in life […]