Introduce a fair pay agreement for care workers
“We will introduce the first fair pay agreement in adult social care, backed by half a billion pounds.”
- Promised
Where it stands
Made in the Minister for Social Care and Mental Health's statement on the national care service. She said the agreement will put care workers "under the protective umbrella of collective bargaining", and later in the debate that the government is "cracking on" with it. She gave no date and did not say over what period the half a billion pounds is spent. The card moves when the agreement is made or a date is set.
What has happened
- Oct 2026The Minister for Social Care and Mental Health tells the Commons the government will introduce the first fair pay agreement in adult social care, backed by half a billion pounds, Promised
About the cost
Half a billion pounds, with no period given, so no yearly figure is shown.
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