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Starmer tells PM Labour will not support rise in national insurance to pay for social care

By Geraldine Scott and Patrick Daly, Reporters7th September 2021News England

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has told the Prime Minister his party will oppose plans to increase national insurance to fund social care. In a letter to Boris Johnson, who

Social care providers urge clarity over mandatory vaccination policy ahead of first-dose deadline

By Jemma Crew, Reporter6th September 2021News England

England’s largest membership body for independent adult social care providers has hit out at a lack of clarity from the Government over its mandatory vaccination policy for care home staff.

Prime Minister faces Tory backlash over ‘particularly stupid’ plan to increase National Insurance

By David Hughes and Sam Blewett, Reporters6th September 20216th September 2021News England

Boris Johnson faces a Tory backlash over plans to hike National Insurance to help fund social care reforms as Cabinet talks over the final details of the policy continued. The

Government considering manifesto-breaking national insurance hike to fund social care reforms

By The Press Association3rd September 20213rd September 2021News England

A Cabinet minister has stressed the need to ensure social care reforms are “adequately funded” as the Government considers a manifesto-breaking national insurance hike to cover the costs. With a

Hundreds of home care services refusing to take hospital patients due to chronic understaffing

By Jemma Crew, Reporter3rd September 2021News England

Home care providers are refusing to take on hospital patients ready for discharge and those who need help in the community because they do not have enough staff. More than

Council leaders warn over ‘mammoth changes’ proposed under new National Care Service

By The Press Association2nd September 2021News Scotland

Council leaders have voiced “real concerns” about the impact of Government proposals for a National Care Service on Scotland’s local authorities – at the same time as warning changes could

Report: Scottish Social Service Sector – Report on 2020 Workforce Data

By Laura McKellar, Reporter31st August 2021Reports & Resources

A new report shows that Scotland’s social work, social care and early years workforce is bigger than ever, employing some 209,690 people, a rise of 1.6% since 2019. The report,

Labour demands end to ‘loophole’ that means care workers are not paid for travelling time

By Christopher McKeon, Reporter27th August 2021News England

Care workers are earning less than the minimum wage thanks to a “loophole” that means they are not paid for time travelling between visits, Labour has said. The party’s deputy

Social care managers fear staff exodus by autumn due to mandatory vaccination and Covid burnout

By Jemma Crew, Reporter26th August 2021News England

Managers fear an “exodus” of social care staff by the autumn due to opposition to mandatory vaccination, Covid burnout and a staffing crisis which is already compromising safe care. Senior

UK home care provider pledges pathway to train up 500 refugees from Afghanistan as care workers

By Jemma Crew, Reporter26th August 202126th August 2021News England

One of the UK’s largest home care providers has pledged to train up and employ 500 refugees from Afghanistan as carers. Over the next five years Cera aims to recruit,

Net migration drops 20% to 728,000 after hitting record 906,000 in 2023

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty