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Stand with foreign care workers and ask the Home Secretary to extend their visas.
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We're building cross-party support for this campaign and we'll keep pushing the Home Secretary to do the right thing. Your support makes a huge difference, thank you!
Care Workers Visas
The Home Secretary has already extended visas for NHS staff, she should do the same for care workers so they can focus on patients not paperwork.
Stephen Hammond MP
Conservative
Rt Hon Sir Edward Davey MP
Liberal Democrat
Rt Hon Liz Saville Roberts MP
Plaid Cymru
Kevin Hollinrake MP
Conservative
Alison Thewliss MP
Scottish National Party
Caroline Lucas MP
Green Party
Jack Dromey MP
Labour
Stewart Malcolm McDonald MP
Scottish National Party
Daisy Cooper MP
Liberal Democrat
Chris Bryant MP
Labour
Dr Lisa Cameron MP
Scottish National Party
Layla Moran MP
Liberal Democrat
Dr Philippa Whitford MP
Scottish National Party
Wera Hobhouse MP
Liberal Democrat
Ben Lake MP
Plaid Cymru
Ruth Cadbury MP
Labour
Christine Jardine MP
Liberal Democrat
Wendy Chamberlain MP
Liberal Democrat
Andy Slaughter MP
Labour
Fleur Anderson MP
Labour
Jonathan Edwards MP
Independent
Jamie Stone MP
Liberal Democrat
Martyn Day MP
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens MP
Scottish National Party
Hywel Williams MP
Plaid Cymru
We owe so much to our social care workers and NHS staff. While many of us are staying at home to save lives, they are going into work to do the same thing.
Foreign workers are the backbone of our NHS and social care system, and we need to make sure they can concentrate on their job, rather than worrying about their immigration status. The Home Secretary recently said that any worker in the NHS whose visa is due to expire before October would get a one-year extension, free of charge.
While this is hugely welcome, the offer doesn’t extend to care workers. That means many of the 134,000 foreign staff in our care service will be faced with having to reapply for a visa in the middle of a pandemic when their thoughts should be on how best to care for their patients.
Our MP Network has written to the Home Secretary urging her to extend the offer she has made to NHS workers to care workers as well. That message will be even more powerful if it’s backed by thousands of voices from our network.
So can you add your name and stand up for care workers?