A CARE provider has been condemned by Lancashire MPs and Councillors for "shameful" cuts to carers' working conditions.
Alternative Futures Group, which is commissioned to provide carers for elderly and vulnerable people by several local authorities including Lancashire County Council, says the changes are being made as part of a "cost reduction programme" dubbed "a Chance for Change."
However an open letter to the AFG's CEO Ian Pritchard, signed by Blackburn MP Kate Hollern and County Councillor Azhar Ali OBE amongst others, says politicians have noted with "grave concern" that this could impact carers' pay.
The letter reads: "We can only infer that this means cuts to pay and terms and conditions of frontline social care staff, which is unacceptable."