Social care seems to be a key area of policy where the fault lines between the coalition parties can be clearly seen

Nursing assistants and childcare workers are typically paid less than those in comparable occupations, research has found, by Professor Elizabeth West

Paid care workers are key to delivering the government’s reforms, yet the white paper pays them scant attention, By Nick Johnson

Community groups and organisations with ideas for projects that reduce the isolation and increase the mobility of older people can apply for a share of £100,000 of funding.

Paul Burstow has lost his position in the government as part Prime Minister’s reshuffle. Mr Burstow announced today he was “sad to be leaving government” and what he described as his “dream job”.

Jeremy Hunt is to take over from Andrew Lansley as health secretary. Mr Lansley, whose NHS reforms prompted months of controversy last year, will become leader of the House of Commons.