THE GUARDIAN: Ban on bringing dependants has raised fears that England’s care staff shortage will only worsen
It’s sunnier in Dubai, the visa lasts longer in the US and the wages are better in Canada. Many foreign care workers had already been thinking of quitting Britain for similar jobs elsewhere before the home secretary announced on Monday that dependants of new applicants would no longer be welcome.
Experts say the move, effective from next spring, will only make England’s severe care staff shortage worse amid international competition for people willing to look after society’s most vulnerable on low pay.
And, sure enough, Annie, a care worker from Botswana who was one of the first to arrive last year under the scheme inviting foreign care staff and their families, is already filling in the forms to switch to Canada. » | Robert Booth, Social affairs correspondent | Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Good God! We’ve got ourselves into ONE BIG BLOODY MESS because of BREXIT, haven’t we? We can all thank Nigel bloody Farage for this! Farage & Co.
The Tories at the time were led by a plonker — Cameron — and ever since the party has been led by a string of clowns. And who has had to pay the price for all these political shenanigans? We have! We, the people.
Then we have James Cleverly… With this new policy of his, one is bound to ask oneself one simple question: How clever is James Cleverly really? He certainly doesn’t appear to be living up to his name, does he?
This is all extremely depressing, because no party is offering the electorate the sensible policy of re-entry into the EU. All politicians lack spine and spunk. – © Mark Alexander
