Andy Burnham is right about social care funding. But that’s not the real problem
Andy Burnham is right to put social care at the heart of the political debate. He’s also right to say politicians shouldn’t “flinch” from difficult conversations about funding. But if social care reform becomes yet another argument about who pays, we’ll miss a much bigger problem hiding in plain sight. The uncomfortable truth is that […]
Families deserve better than this broken social care system
Exhausting, gruelling and stressful – just some of the words parents have used to describe their experiences of the children’s social care system. It’s a system that exists to support disabled children across the UK, of which there are 1.8 million, but unfortunately the evidence points to a fragmented, underfunded and frankly broken system, that’s […]
How to solve the government’s social care Catch-22
The Employments Rights Bill is a unique opportunity to improve the workforce crisis in social care but must not come at the expense of stability for the people who draw on care and support. We welcome the government’s recognition that the social care workforce must receive better pay and terms and conditions. It is a […]
Government urged to protect care users’ human rights
Parliament’s joint committee on human rights has warned that gaps remain in how vulnerable people are protected in care settings, leaving their human rights at risk of being breached. In a report published today, the JCHR finds that mechanisms such as Do Not Attempt Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) notices and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are […]
Government launches ‘ambitious’ social care plans
Social care minister Gillian Keegan has claimed the government’s new white paper on adult social care provides an “ambitious 10-year vision”. Ms Keegan told MPs that many of the sector’s issues are so problematic “that successive governments over decades have decided to duck them rather than deal with them but this Government is determined to […]
Social care white paper introduced amid criticism from Labour
“Ministers have utterly failed”
‘Working class dementia tax’ – Starmer hits out at Johnson over care costs
“How does he expect anyone to take him and his promises seriously?”
MPs back controversial social care reforms
MPs have passed a controversial amendment to the health and care bill that will change the way the social care cap is calculated. The government has been criticised by a number of its own MPs in recent days over plans to change the calculation of the social care cap. The new proposals would see those […]
Labour urges Tory backbenchers to rebel on ‘deeply unfair’ social care plans
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has urged backbencher Conservative MPs to “learn the lessons of the past two weeks” and rebel against the government in today’s vote on amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill. Ashworth told Sky News Breakfast programme this morning that “Government ministers have not only whacked up tax on working […]
Many could ‘still lose almost everything’ in social care cost overhaul, says think tank
The news that the government’s new social care cap plans could fail to see those with lower assets spend less on social care than before have received sharp criticisms. Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation, also hit out at the plans, writing via Twitter that: “I’m really not sure the government’s thought this […]
