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Plan to ban ‘private equity sharks’ from social care dropped, Wes Streeting says

Politics The Guardian By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent 18 Jun 2026 07:00 1 min read
Plan to ban ‘private equity sharks’ from social care dropped, Wes Streeting says

Exclusive: Ex-minister accuses Labour of ‘overcautiousness’ and says his proposal was cut from manifesto Wes Streeting has said his plan to ban “private equity sharks” from the social care sector was removed from the Labour manifesto, as he accused the government of “overcautiousness” in reforming the industry. In a Fabian Society report on how to create a national care service, Streeting said overhauling social care was “one of the defining challenges of our age” but an “absence of good politic

Exclusive: Ex-minister accuses Labour of ‘overcautiousness’ and says his proposal was cut from manifesto

Wes Streeting has said his plan to ban “private equity sharks” from the social care sector was removed from the Labour manifesto, as he accused the government of “overcautiousness” in reforming the industry.

In a Fabian Society report on how to create a national care service, Streeting said overhauling social care was “one of the defining challenges of our age” but an “absence of good political leadership” was holding back change.

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