Declaration Of Interest

I am interested in this case primarily because my wife is employed as a Community Support Worker (CSW) for Idea Services, and has been for a number of years. While it gives me an insight into the case given I am close to one of the workers directly affected, equally I accept my points of view may be construed as bias.

I will say this - to me, this is an employment issue, not a political issue. Interestingly, I've never voted Labour and probably won't in November (for reasons unrelated to this case). One of the disappointing aspects of this saga, to me, is because IHC is 98% funded by the Crown, the issue is a political football with points-scoring more important than the issues it raises.