Christina McAnea: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- General Secretary of Unison
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“The ban on bringing dependants and exploitation by unscrupulous employers have seen visa applications fall off a cliff in the past year. The social care sector has been in crisis for years. With so many thousands of workers short, it's unable to provide care packages for all those needing support.”
What Christina McAnea has said
“Government plans to triple the wait to apply to settle in the UK would be a major let-down for migrant care staff. Today these workers keeping the care system running are making their voices heard.”
General Secretary of UNISON · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Care workers lobby Parliament ↗
“This is the first government to take the many problems in social care seriously, and more importantly, to act on them. The best way to begin getting a grip on this complex, fragmented sector in crisis is to improve wages through a fair pay agreement, backed by proper funding.”
General Secretary of Unison · Adult social care & reform · 27 Aug 2026 · Labour to tackle care sector crisis in England with pay increase and new negotiating body ↗
Where Christina McAnea has been quoted
- Concern over plan to halt care worker visaslgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Care workers lobby Parliamentcarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Labour to tackle care sector crisis in England with pay increase and new negotiating bodytheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Related media coverage
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