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The number of foreign care workers coming to Britain has more than tripled in the past year.

Vacancies in the care workforce fell slightly in 2022-23 as the number of overseas workers in the sector grew, according to new research. But experts and

EXCLUSIVE: Millions of Brits are performing unpaid social care for their loved ones, putting huge pressure on their own health and lives.

The share of searches for UK jobs conducted by foreign workers more than doubled after the launch of the post-Brexit immigration system in January 2021, according to research from jobs website Indeed.

But sector leaders warned there remains a need for a genuine plan for change and reform in the long term.

The Government announced on Friday that a previously-pledged £600 million funding pot will go to paying existing staff and trying to recruit more to fill gaps ahead of winter

Immigration is helping alleviate the recruitment crisis in adult social care but the government needs to find a longer-term solution, writes Simon

Exclusive: Social care workers deserting the industry ‘in droves’ to work in better-paid roles in supermarkets

Language does a lot of heavy lifting in the government's allocation of social care funding, writes LGC senior reporter, Megan Kenyon Today's news and

Simon Bottery of the Kings Fund, said social care is being ‘short-changed.