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Sunday, 2 June 2013

The Outsourcing of Social Care – death by a thousand cuts

The New Statesman investigates outsourcing of social care services in the London Borough of Barnet and its findings will be familiar to service users and care workers throughout Britain – budget cuts, reduced pay and a worsening of service provision for the most vulnerable people in local communities:
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/05/secret-cuts-part-one-social-care