Sajid Javid’s ‘keep it in the family’ advice on health and care is dangerous
Every day as a councillor, I receive emails from families in peril. These people are exhausted after finding…
Social Care
Conference missteps show Labour must do better for disabled members
As Emily Pomeroy-Smith entered one of the rooms in Brighton on the Sunday of Labour conference, she realised…
Labour passes policy on NHS, social care, public services, LGBT+ rights
Delegates at the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton have passed a batch of policy motions today on…
Labour’s ambition for social care is as far reaching as Bevan’s was for the NHS
Transforming social care is the challenge of our generation. This was true even before Covid struck, but the…
Commons passes health and social care levy by 56-vote majority
The health and social care levy, which will see National Insurance contributions increase by 1.25 percentage points to…
Starmer sets out principles behind Labour’s approach to social care
Keir Starmer has criticised the government for “hammering working people” with its plan to raise National Insurance contributions,…
Labour outlines alternative to the government’s social care plan
Care, and how we do it, remains at the forefront of politics. Keir Starmer and his frontbench have highlighted…
Starmer sets out alternative to Tory social care reforms in LGA Labour speech
Keir Starmer is using a speech to the Local Government Association Labour Leaders’ Summit today to set out…
Social care: the Prime Minister’s big moment that never was
This was the Prime Minister’s moment. Never has social care been so prominent in the national conversation than…
Dissatisfaction with Tory care proposals provide an opportunity for Labour
MPs backed the health and social care levy last night. 319 voted in favour and 248 against. Any murmur of…
