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Salvation Army calls on Government to help people thrive

In a statement released this week, the church and charity is calling on Theresa May's new government to do what it can to provide effective support so all the population will thrive.

Following the result of a hung Parliament in June's General Election, the Conservative party are drawing on support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party in order to form a majority in the House Of Commons.

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Whatever form it takes, the Salvation Army is asking the government to focus on three main priorities of housing, older social care and employment support for those who are unable to access mainstream services.

The statement read: "As a leading Church and charity in the UK and Republic of Ireland, during the election we called on the political parties in the UK to ensure a new government would provide effective support for the most vulnerable people in our communities, so that everyone in the UK is able to thrive."

It goes on to say that : "These requests to the new government remain essential to ensure our communities across the UK flourish."

The issue of social care caused controversy during recent election campaigning, as many accused the Conservatives of making a U-turn when they announced that they would introduce a cap on the amount someone would have to pay on their care, having previously ruled it out.

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