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Scottish govt to 'step in' to sponsor care home workers after skilled worker visa axed
The Scottish government will sponsor hundreds of care home workers affected by visa changes to ensure care home operations continue smoothly, officials said.
- This year, Scotland's first minister John Swinney announced the Scottish government will sponsor hundreds of care home workers, allowing them to start immediately and help keep care homes running.
- Following changes to the skilled worker visa this year, Sir Keir Starmer altered the policy and the UK Government closed the care worker visa route, former home secretary Yvette Cooper announced.
- The Scottish government will open a nationwide network of walk-in GP services across Scotland, initially with 15 sites staffed by GPs and nurses operating 12pm to 8pm, seven days a week.
- The Scottish Government will invest £500,000 to fund a tailored offer helping international social care workers meet moving costs as care homes face staffing shortages, Swinney said.
- Swinney presented independence as the solution to Westminster’s failures, saying `Keir Starmer promised to be a left-wing Labour leader, and then he became a right-wing Prime Minister`, while Neil Gray pledged to use devolved powers to counter UK migration policy.
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Scottish Govt to 'Step In' to Sponsor Care Home Workers after Skilled Worker Visa Axed - Thepodiummedia
John Swinney also announced the Scottish government will open up walk-in GP surgeries. The Scottish government will sponsor care home workers after Sir Keir Starmer changed the skilled worker visa this year, Scotland’s first minister has announced. John Swinney, giving his keynote speech at the Scottish National Party (SNP) conference, said the government will “step in” to sponsor “hundreds of dedicated workers” so they can “work, pay tax and he…
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