Services could be ‘crushed’ by National Insurance hike, warns social care sector

STV News has been speaking with people who rely on such support.

Social care charities in Scotland are warning their costs will go up by £82,000 a day, when increases to Employer National Insurance come into force in April.

The coalition of care providers in Scotland is warning that the changes—announced in the UK Government’s budget in October—will “crush” vital public services.

STV News has been speaking with people who rely on such support and say they’re terrified it’ll be cut back so much that they will end up in hospital – or worse.

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