The Government should put 1p on income tax, national insurance and VAT to secure the future of the NHS and social care, 33 health and political experts have said. The
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More people are requesting social care but fewer are getting the help they need, according to a report calling for urgent reform to halt the sector’s “deep decline”. Around 120,000
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The Prime Minister has not said whether key social care proposals, as promised when he was elected, will be detailed in next week’s Queen’s Speech. Boris Johnson said proposals for
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The Health Secretary has given social care providers his word that the Government will deliver reforms to put the sector on a “firm footing for the years to come”. Reflecting
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Council workers have voted in favour of strike action over what one union described as an “inadequate pay offer” from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla). Members of Unison,
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Social work staff who provide emergency out-of-hours cover in Argyll and Bute have voted to take industrial action in consultative ballots run jointly by two unions. Both Unite and UNISON
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An autistic teenager who threw a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern was not considered a risk to others at the time, despite previously assaulting police and a restaurant worker,
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A council has been criticised for missing five opportunities to house a teenage boy who was left sleeping rough and sofa-surfing for two months during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Local
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Asylum seekers fleeing war, violence and persecution have endured “dehumanising” treatment while living in hotels amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The Refugee Council said it was “deeply
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More than nine in 10 members of the GMB Scotland union have rejected a “derisory” pay offer for council workers, increasing the prospect of strikes. An offer on the table
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