“Investment in care is economically and  environmentally sound and would increase equality.”

If the Prime Minister is serious about post-pandemic growth then, rather than ‘build, build, build’, he should invest in care to create jobs, the Women’s Budget Group said today.

Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech outlining how the government intends to ‘fuel’ the post-Covid economy, the Women’s Budget Group presented new research that shows that a net investment of around 2.5 per cent of GDP in child care and social care would: