Lib Dems call for higher pay for social care staff

Key Facts

• Image source, Getty Images The Liberal Democrats are calling for a higher minimum wage for social care workers to help tackle staff shortages.
• Under the party's plans, staff would be paid at least £2 an hour more than the minimum wage - currently £9.50 an hour for over-23s.
• The government said it was working to reduce vacancies, and is increasing funding for social care in England.
• More than half of frontline care staff - 850,000 workers - would see their pay improve if there was a £2 an hour uplift to the minimum wage for the sector, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank.

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