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Pay increase for social care workers in Wales
The welsh government has announced a real living wage pay uplift for social care workers.
Local authorities and health boards in Wales will receive £70 million of funding to deliver the uplift. Social care workers will receive £10.90 an hour from June 2023.
The new rate of pay will apply to registered workers in care homes and domiciliary care, in both adults and children’s services and personal assistants who provide care and support which is funded through a direct payment.
Minister for Finance and Local Government Rebecca Evans said: "Despite the challenging economic and fiscal context, we remain fully committed to doing all we can to protect the frontline public services that people rely on.
"I am pleased to be able to maintain our commitment to social care workers, and I will be saying more about how we will protect public services when I announce the full details of the Budget later today."
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