Labour can’t keep papering over the cracks in the care sector

Improving pay and conditions for neglected workers is an urgent national challengeWhen Yvette Cooper announced she was cancelling visas for social care, in a round of tough-talking TV interviews earlier this month, she made clear that pay and conditions in this chronically understaffed sector must improve.The home secretary is right. As any regular care home visitor will attest, these are highly skilled, overwhelmingly female workers, surrounding those they look after, not with an “island