TUC Cymru calls on Welsh Government to remove private profit from adult social care

TUC Cymru has called for a new way to care for vulnerable adults – that doesn’t see monies diverted to the pockets of financial speculators.

TUC Cymru is set to hold a fringe meeting at Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno today, 27th June, to highlight concerns at the role of financial speculators in delivering care to vulnerable adults.  

The event aims to examine how profit extraction from care home real estate threatens not only the quality of care but also the working conditions of those employed in the sector.

The fringe event, taking place at the Menai Suite in Llandudno’s St George’s Hotel at 5.30pm, will include contributions from trade union organisers and researchers.

Speakers include Leanne Chapman, regional organiser at GMB; Jess Turner, regional secretary for UNISON Cymru; and researchers Vivek Kotecha and Toby Quantrill from the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR).

Shavanah Taj, general secretary of TUC Cymru, will chair the meeting and lead calls for fundamental reform of the system.

She said: “TUC Cymru welcomes the Welsh government’s actions in legislating to remove profit from children’s social care.

“From April 2026, no new for-profit children’s care service will be commissioned. That’s a real win for our most vulnerable children and the unions which campaigned for this change.”