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What happened on 27th May 2023 - with your comments in the Web

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On Saturday, the Sky News threatened Britons with a collapse of social care system without unpaid carers who contribute the equivalent of more than four million jobs in the sector. Health think tank The King's Fund made the claim as it called for more support for the nation's army of uncompensated workers - who include 1.5 million people in England alone who provide 50 or more hours of care a week to loved ones. The readers also admitted that "as far as I'm aware the social work system is slowly collapsing even with the unpaid carers." "The simple problem is carers are not paid enough even though the companies that employ carers charge the world. I have first hand experience of this my mum has worked in care for years and for the work she was doing and an absolute pittance run ragged and always going above and beyond because she won't see people suffer alone. Different care company same location were asked how much it would be to have carers come...