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    Labour rejects report saying its fair pay agreement could cost taxpayers £4.2bn

    by Sophie Wingate May 12, 2024 2 minutes

    Labour has dismissed as “fiction” a think tank report claiming its fair pay agreements in social care could cost taxpayers £4.2 billion a year.

    As part of its new deal for working people, the party plans to empower adult social care professionals and trade unions that represent them to negotiate a sector-wide agreement

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