husseinalalak<p>Britain’s army of unpaid support has been excluded from the political conversation. Family care was part of the pre-political lives of Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner; it was also there in David Cameron’s story. </p><p>But what it demands of policymakers still seems awkward. In Britain, there are 7 million unpaid carers and the UK has no system of paid leave for family carers. So, why are 7 million British people being excluded? </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/25/family-carers-hidden-face-care-crisis-ed-davey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/may/25/family-carers-hidden-face-care-crisis-ed-davey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manchester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manchester</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>