Social care

‘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

‘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

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’

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

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

There’s no debate – Britain’s disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency
Mikey Erhardt

There’s no debate – Britain’s disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency

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

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‘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

Adoptees share the ‘extreme emotional challenge’ of meeting birth parents decades after adoption
Adoption

Adoptees share the ‘extreme emotional challenge’ of meeting birth parents decades after adoption