Living wage

Social care staff are the “lowest paid workers in this country”, the Tory minister responsible for the sector was told tonight.Senior Labour MP Paul Blomfield raised the wage plight of dedicated carers during a 90-minute showdown with Care…

Dozens of firms have signed up to a “secure work” pledge for staff battling the cost-of-living crisis. Fifty employers have backed the “Living Hours” pledge so employees get at least four weeks’ notice of shifts and a guaranteed minimum 16…

Brits fed up of the weather and their salaries could be snatched by a team of Aussies coming over with a view to nabbing skilled workers.Australians in one of the country's most sun-drenched cities are coming over later this month in a bid…

Someone I love has died. She’d been in hospital since early December, just as the NHS crisis began to peak – and we know the rest; the ­monumental waits, the often devastating consequences, the terrible state of everything. And that is…

Fair pay campaigners tonight demand a wage hike for carers in a bid to ease the NHS crisis. Experts believe boosting the wallets of hundreds of thousands of care workers could tempt them to stay in the sector – and lure in new staff.…