The Scottish Labour leader told MSPs there was already a recruitment crisis in care homes with 75 per cent reporting job vacancies.
Social care workers across Scotland are quitting to take jobs in supermarkets because of the higher wages on offer, Nicola Sturgeon has been warned.
But the First Minister said such an increase would cost £1.75 billion and called on Labour to explain how they would pay for it. "The First Minister should not ignore the facts - they'll be paying £10.90 an hour to social care staff, which represents a 3.8 per cent pay increase. The Scottish Labour leader said 75 per cent of care homes across the country were already reporting staff vacancies.
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