you are losing the message and people s support ultimately. i don t think, so because people s support ultimately. i don t think, so because a people s support ultimately. i don t think, so because a lot people s support ultimately. i don t think, so because a lot of think, so because a lot of journalists and people who are in positions that need to discuss these issues have than thanked us for raising the alarm, again and again and again and given a is taking place at policy level, that is appropriate. well will take a few months to try and build a bigger base to do what a lot of people have been asking us to do, which is too big to ignore. gf claire farrell, one of the founders of extinction rebellion. thank you for your time. thank you for your time. pope francis has addressed thousands of people who ve gathered at st peter s square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel, and the church.
about care, about how we value care, why it is that we don t recruit more young people, more young people don t see care as a great profession, a great career to go into, it is often seen as low status work so the archbishop is right, we need to think about the role of the wider community and families, if we are going to rebuild our social care system. are going to rebuild our social care s stem. . ~ are going to rebuild our social care s stem. ., ~ i. are going to rebuild our social care s stem. ., ~ ,, , . are going to rebuild our social care s stem. ., ~ , . ., system. thank you very much for shafinu system. thank you very much for sharing our system. thank you very much for sharing our thoughts system. thank you very much for sharing our thoughts on - system. thank you very much for sharing our thoughts on the - sharing our thoughts on the archbishop s comments can. matthew taylor, thank you. more on the website. now with a look at all the sport, here s jane dougall. let me
chief executive of nhs confederation, an organisation that supports and represents the whole health care system in england, wales and northern ireland. when you have the archbishop of canterbury talking about the system, being broken, what is your assess, is he correct in being so brute less tick about what we are seeing, given what we have been witnessing thus far? , ., ., what we have been witnessing thus far? , .,., far? yes, i m afraid the archbishop is riaht, far? yes, i m afraid the archbishop is right. our far? yes, i m afraid the archbishop is right, our social far? yes, i m afraid the archbishop is right, our social care far? yes, i m afraid the archbishop is right, our social care is - far? yes, i m afraid the archbishop is right, our social care is broken, l is right, our social care is broken, we have an estimated 140,000 vacancies in social care, we have tens of thousands of people waiting to be assessed. we have a sector where pay is extremely poor, where the quali
years for raising the alarm again and again and again, and given what s taking place at policy level, that s entirely appropriate. we re just going to take a few months to build a bigger base to do what a lot of people have been asking the climate movement to do, which is to become too big to ignore. claire farrell there. in the uk, new government figures have been released for the number of people who ve arrived in the country by crossing the channel on small boats. just over 16,000 migrants made the crossing during the whole of 2022. the last crossings of the year happened on christmas day, when 90 people made the journey from france in two boats. there s still reported to be a backlog of 100,000 applications from people seeking asylum in the uk. in his new year message, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has described britain s social care system as broken . mr welby, who is head of the anglican christian community worldwide, says care homes are struggling to deal with r
social care system. 50 take several years to rebuild our social care system. social care system. so you say a decade or social care system. so you say a decade or more social care system. so you say a decade or more of social care system. so you say a decade or more of negligence, l social care system. so you say a | decade or more of negligence, at what point is there a specific moment when policy makers simply just missed, missed, didn t pay enough attention to what, the social care system, and now we see the repercussions as you described. i repercussions as you described. i think we have undervalued care for a very long time, that is partly associated with the fact it was seen associated with the fact it was seen as women s work and so, it was given less value and status than it should have been. so this has been a problem that has gone on for a very long time, it was exacerbated by austerity which meant all our public service, health and social care became more fragile, covid