Social care

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that
Lin Coghlan and Jim Pope

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that

Flock by Lin Coghlan and Jim Pope explores stories from the care system

‘Infuriating and disgraceful’: Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row
Social care

‘Infuriating and disgraceful’: Labour MP Jas Athwal faces fresh calls to resign amid care home row

Labour MP Jas Athwal faces calls to resign over alleged failures at a children’s home he owns

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say
Social care

‘We’re the forgotten ones’: Labour budget must not ignore ‘broken’ social care system, families say

Ahead of the autumn budget, a coalition of more than 60 charities has written to chancellor Rachel Reeves to demand the government invest in social care. Families and care workers share the reality of the system with the Big Issue

My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn’t disabled enough
Care experience

My brother died because drug dealers took advantage of his autism. He was told he wasn’t disabled enough

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: ‘The sector can’t function’
Social care crisis

Care homes at risk of closure as new visa rules drive staffing crisis: ‘The sector can’t function’

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Nearly one million more people will be unpaid carers by 2035, report finds
Social care

Nearly one million more people will be unpaid carers by 2035, report finds

Children in kinship care are being pushed to breaking point. Change can’t come soon enough
Kinship care

Children in kinship care are being pushed to breaking point. Change can’t come soon enough

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness
Care leavers

This pioneering and ‘beautiful’ idea can help keep young care leavers from falling into homelessness

Should care experience be a protected characteristic? Care leavers speak out on status debate
Children's social care

Should care experience be a protected characteristic? Care leavers speak out on status debate

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker
Learning Disability Week 2024

I have terminal cancer and a learning disability. Life would be miserable without my social care worker

Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better
Mikey Erhardt

Neither Labour nor Tories are going far enough for disabled people – we deserve better

Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this
Katherine Chapman

Poor pay makes care workers feel like second class citizens – the next government must fix this

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto
General election 2024

Lib Dems hailed for putting NHS and social care at ‘heart’ of election with ‘welcome’ manifesto

Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has ‘violated disabled people’s rights’
Disability rights

Hate speech, snooping and benefits: How government policy has ‘violated disabled people’s rights’

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out
Disabilities

My daughter has been trapped in hospital for years with a learning disability – and she wants out

Social care is on its knees. It’s no wonder public dissatisfaction is at a record high
Evan John

Social care is on its knees. It’s no wonder public dissatisfaction is at a record high

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on
Social care

Care worker faced homelessness as low pay left her with ‘nothing’ to fall back on

Tory government ‘demonises’ disabled people who face ‘onerous’ benefits system, UN warns
Disabled people

Tory government ‘demonises’ disabled people who face ‘onerous’ benefits system, UN warns

‘He’s like a caged animal in the flat’: Meet the parents fighting for an adult social care revolution
Social care

‘He’s like a caged animal in the flat’: Meet the parents fighting for an adult social care revolution

Homelessness at heart of councils’ £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: ‘It’s an out-of-control crisis’
Homelessness

Homelessness at heart of councils’ £4bn funding black hole, MPs warn: ‘It’s an out-of-control crisis’

If UK doesn’t value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care
Sybil Msezane

If UK doesn’t value foreign care workers like me, it will never fix problems in social care

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Disabled people ‘risk losing right to take part in society’ with social care ‘on its knees’
Social care

Disabled people ‘risk losing right to take part in society’ with social care ‘on its knees’

‘It’s not an infinite resource’: How volunteers are papering over the cracks of austerity
Volunteering

‘It’s not an infinite resource’: How volunteers are papering over the cracks of austerity

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds
Flexible working

Lack of flexibility in low paid-work means people are having to go part-time, study finds

Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem
Child poverty

Four in five of the children’s homes in England are run for profit – here’s why that is a problem