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Here's who's on Question Time as show is broadcast from Exeter

THE SNP’s deputy Westminster leader is set to appear on Question Time tonight as the show is broadcast from Exeter.

The National (Scotland)

Government scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169,000 per person, Home Office says – as it happened

Home secretary says benefits of deterring irregular immigration should also be considered, as economic impact assessment published

The Guardian - UK

Ministers finally pledge new powers to stop families being denied care home visits

Since pandemic restrictions were eased relatives are still facing issues with visiting loved ones - an issue branded a 'dangerous hangover from Covid'

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Consultation launched to strengthen rules allowing care home and hospital visits

New regulations would make visiting a legal requirement for hospitals, care homes, mental health units and other health and care settings.

The Independent UK

Government commits to reducing number of national NHS targets

It comes in response to a recent review which found having too many targets makes them less effective.

The Independent UK

Minister refuses to back Hancock Covid claim of ‘protective ring’ for care homes

Helen Whately declines to endorse former health secretary’s 2020 assertion as pandemic public inquiry begins in earnest

The Guardian - UK

Government to seek volunteers for social care work amid staff shortages – report

Volunteers could do shopping and other errands as part of the programme being launched on Wednesday, The Guardian reported.

The Independent UK

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Ministers seek volunteer social care army to speed up hospital discharges

Exclusive: Volunteers sought in England to take equipment and drugs to people’s homes among other tasks

The Guardian - UK

'We couldn't say goodbye to our loved ones - MPs mustn't let it happen again'

Tearful families who were unable to say goodbye to their loved ones, including West End legend Ruthie Henshall, have told MPs that a new Gloria's Law giving them the right to contact those in hospital and care settings must be brought in

Daily Mirror

Tory minister accused of 'nastiness Olympics' in Question Time clash over asylum plan

A Government minister was savaged by fellow Question Time panel members over 'morally indefensible' proposals to lock up refugees who reach the UK by small boats in military bases and 'prison' barges

Daily Mirror

Question Time: Who's on tonight as Ash Sarkar and Nick Ferrari set to face-off

TONIGHT'S edition of Question Time on the BBC will be broadcast live from Bexhill-on-Sea, down in South East England – where John Logie Baird…

The National (Scotland)

Minister wants to see social care workers rewarded despite funding pledge cut

Helen Whately told the health and social care committee there was a ‘limited pot of taxpayers’ money’.

The Independent UK

Bid to boost social carers' pay and ease chronic crisis clears first stage

A Labour backbencher's Bill to enforce rules around carers being paid for travel time has passed its first Commons hurdle - and is due to back in front of MPs in six months

Daily Mirror

Social care 'lowest paid of any job in Britain', spluttering top Tory is told

Care Minister Helen Whately faced a tough 90 minutes of questioning from MPs on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee over wage rates and chronic levels of vacancies

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Jesmond widower’s anger at ‘slap in the face’ Government social care cuts

Bill Wilson is furious that the Government has reneged on a social care funding pledge.

Daily Mirror

Tory social care 'betrayal' sparks fury with plan to slash workforce funding in HALF

The Department of Health and Social Care quietly announced a move to halve promised cash for the social care workforce to £250 million which critics said would leave planned reforms to the struggling sector 'in tatters'

The Independent UK

Halving social care workforce funding a ‘betrayal’, say charities and unions

The Government has been accused of a ‘smoke and mirrors attempt to sow confusion bundling these cuts alongside pre-announced funding’.

The Independent UK

Tory ministers accused of ‘insult’ to social care as workforce reform funding halved

Government promises on workforce ‘diluted beyond recognition’, say charities

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The Independent UK

Cutting millions from social care funding pledge ‘an insult to the sector’

The Government insisted it remains ‘fully dedicated’ to the 10-year vision for adult social care set out in a White Paper at the end of 2021.

Daily Mirror

Tories slip out plan to HALVE social care workforce funding as MPs on Easter break

Care minister Helen Whately announced she is slashing the £500million fund that had been promised to improve the recruitment and retainment of social care workers

The Independent UK

Millions cut from funding commitments for social care

The Government insisted it remains ‘fully dedicated’ to the 10-year vision for adult social care set out in a White Paper at the end of 2021.

The Independent UK

MP with cerebral palsy has been mocked and accused of being drunk, Commons hears

Paul Maynard told the Commons: ‘There will be people watching today on their TVs assuming I am drunk.’

Evening Standard

Government misses cancer target as 22,000 people wait more than two months for treatment

Social care minister Helen Whately admitted that the waiting list target has been well exceeded

The Guardian - UK

Relatives locked out of UK care homes due to Covid call for visitor guarantee

Anger grows at care homes still restricting visits three years on from start of lockdowns, causing ‘extreme distress’

The Independent UK

‘Use of AI and Alexa in social care just the tip of the iceberg’

The social care minister said she wants to drive greater adoption of technology so that care staff can spend less time on paperwork.

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