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The Queen’s Speech 2021 – Still No Word on Care.

Women’s Budget Group Director Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson speaks in response to the Queen’s Speech.

Mary-Ann Stephenson

Speaking in response to the Queen’s Speech yesterday, Women’s Budget Group Director Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said:

“After the failure of successive governments to address the crisis in social care, it was disappointing that the Queen’s Speech only contained a vague commitment that ‘proposals for social care reform would be brought forward.”

Read our full response to the Queen’s Speech here.
Read our full response to the Queen’s Speech in large print here.

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