This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Wage of care assistants to rise.
Wage of care assistants in all fields rise to match the difficulty of the day to day job, the emotional & physical effects.
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Most carers only make around £7.00 an hour unless they're are over 25 but younger carers are over looked in this.
With the day to day work involved the wage does not show how hard carers work.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/111002
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