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Roundtable: A fair deal for social care?

By Lee Peart 21 October 2025

Labour’s first major social care policy announcement, the Fair Pay Agreement, has been welcomed in principle but met with deep concern by sector leaders over its viability, scope and long-term impact.

SOCIAL CARE

Social care overspend pushing councils to financial brink

By Lee Peart 17 October 2025

Emergency Government bailouts for councils are at risk of becoming ‘normalised’ due to overspending on social care and homelessness services, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).

SOCIAL CARE

Call for national system to assess people's social care needs

By Lee Peart 08 October 2025

A new report by The King’s Fund think-tank has proposed moving to a national system for assessing people’s social care needs such as in Australia, Germany and Japan.

SOCIAL CARE

Government unveils £500m Fair Pay Agreement for care workers

By Liz Wells 30 September 2025

The Government is to invest £500m in the first Fair Pay Agreement for adult social care workers across England.

WORKFORCE

Social care leader blasts 'potentially catastrophic' Farage migrant pledge

By Lee Peart 26 September 2025

A social care leader has said a pledge by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) would be ‘potentially catastrophic’ for social care.

UNPAID CARERS

Over half of unpaid carers need more support from NHS

By Lee Peart 04 September 2025

Over half of unpaid carers (51%) say they need more support from the NHS, according to a new report.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Government aims to reduce hospital delays with £30m social care funding

By Lee Peart 13 August 2025

A £30m funding boost for local authorities to strengthen community-based social care services and improve hospital discharge processes has been announced by the Welsh Government.

SOCIAL CARE

Lancashire County Council social care support staff balloted in pay grade row

By Liz Wells 04 August 2025

More than 200 social care support officers at Lancashire County Council are being asked to back further strikes in a long-running dispute over extra work and pay grades.

SOCIAL CARE

Calls for higher pay for social care as UK worker numbers continue to fall

By Lee Peart 29 July 2025

The Government has faced calls for higher pay and better conditions for social care workers as the numbers of British recruits has continued to fall.

SOCIAL CARE

Social care and NHS under threat from overseas worker ban, says care boss

By Lee Peart 23 July 2025

A Welsh care home boss has invited First Minister Eluned Morgan to come and see the threat to social care services and the NHS caused by the ban on overseas care workers.