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Starmer: Where was money for social care in next stage of lockdown?

The Labour leader also urged PM Boris Johnson to ‘be honest’ about mistakes made during the pandemic.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
July 17, 2020
in Politics
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Sir Keir Starmer has criticised the Prime Minister for missing social care funding out of his investment plan for the next stage of lockdown.

After the Government announced major lockdown relaxations on Friday, the Labour leader also urged Boris Johnson to “be honest” about mistakes made during the pandemic.

The latest easing includes scrapping work-from-home guidance, encouraging people to use public transport for non-essential journeys, and reopening theatres from August 1.

The Government also announced an extra £3 billion in funding for the NHS to prepare for a possible second wave of the virus.

Reacting to the announcement, Sir Keir said: “What I didn’t hear from the Prime Minister this morning was any extra funding for social care.

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“And what we can’t afford to do again is leave social care out of the priorities as we move into the autumn and winter.

“So where was the money for social care?”

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer sanitises his hands as he arrives to meet care workers and the families of care home residents in Nottinghamshire (Joe Giddens/PA)

Councillor James Jamieson, chairman of the Local Government Association, which represents councils, agreed with Sir Keir that the Government should “address the immediate financial pressures facing the (social care) sector.”

Mr Jamieson said: “If this awful pandemic has proved one thing it is that there cannot be a sustainable NHS without a sustainable adult social care system. You cannot protect one and not the other.”

Asked if he thought the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown is credible, Sir Keir said the Labour Party will be “looking into the details” before commenting.

“This can’t be done on a wing and a prayer, it requires a credible plan, and national leadership,” he said.

“It’s very important that the public know that the Government’s expert advisers support the measures, so we do need to hear that, to ensure that there’s confidence.”

Crucial measures

Sir Keir added that track, trace and isolate, and local lockdowns would be “crucial measures” to ensure a return to normality is done safely.

He said: “Mayors across the country, local authority leaders across the country are saying what we need is the data so we know precisely what’s going on on a day-to-day basis, on a street-by-street basis, and we need the power to take action rapidly.”

Sir Keir also condemned Mr Johnson’s criticism of care home workers’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Government’s failure to protect care homes was a national shame.

Care staff did everything they could but were left without tests or PPE.

An independent inquiry was inevitable. But Boris Johnson must now guarantee that social care will be a key area for that inquiry.

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) July 16, 2020

Earlier this month, the PM told the Commons that “too many” care homes had not properly followed procedures, implying that they were to blame for deaths.

Sir Keir said: “The Prime Minister was completely wrong to try and shift the blame to others, particularly in the care sector who, on the front line, have been doing everything they can in difficult circumstances.”

He added: “Let’s be honest about mistakes, let’s set out what they were and make sure they’re not repeated.”

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