Kate Mosse (Ian West/PA)
Author Kate Mosse has said the lack of action on social care has partly been driven by the shortage of women involved in the Government’s decision-making process.
The Labyrinth author, who has been a carer for 12 years, said the fact there are “very few women in the room” means the issue has not been taken seriously enough.
This is despite social care being “enormously an area where women work in paid and unpaid” roles, she told the PA news agency.
Kate Mosse (Ian West/PA)
Mosse said too few of the people involved with running social care have first-hand experience in the area.
Kazuo Ishiguro (Jonathan Brady/PA)
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Sandi Toksvig, David Nicholls, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse will be among the high-profile figures marking World Book Night.
The event will celebrate its tenth anniversary on April 23 with a number of online activities under the theme Books To Make You Smile, in response to the impact Covid-19 has had on mental health.
Toksvig will host a livestreamed event in partnership with The British Library featuring best-selling authors Nicholls and Bolu Babalola, as well as World Book Night founder Jamie Byng.
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