The Scottish government claims to be offering a National Care Service – it isn’t
Social care is in crisis and not fit for purpose – that much is obvious on both sides…
social care crisis
Boris Johnson kicks the can down the road with barely-there social care plan
Labour’s opposition day, with a planned vote on Universal Credit, is cancelled. Instead of debating whether the worst-off in…
Starmer on levy: “We need to ask those with broadest shoulders to pay more”
Below is the full text of Keir Starmer’s response in the House of Commons to the government statement…
Rachel Reeves attacks National Insurance hike as “unfair tax on jobs”
Labour’s Rachel Reeves attacked the proposal of an increase in National Insurance today by describing it to opposite…
Why a national care service must be a key part of our green new deal
Social care in this country is in crisis. Covid has exposed structural issues within the system that have…
Covid deepened the fault lines in adult social care, but they were already there
It was Boris Johnson’s first speech as Prime Minister, in June 2019. “I am announcing now – on…
Could a four-day week solve the social care crisis?
Productivity in the UK continues to lag behind other European nations and a four-day week has long been…
The Tories are failing social care – so local councils are taking over
Our country is facing a social care crisis. In the last six months, more than 100 home-based and…
Ashworth: Our NHS is 69 years old today – seven years of the Tories has left it in crisis
On this day, 69 years ago, Aneurin Bevan founded Labour’s proudest achievement – the National Health Service, which…
Tory poll lead slashed in wake of May’s dementia tax climbdown
The Tory lead over Labour has been cut to five points, in poll released today. The Tories could…
