Search Results for “Local government” tagged social care

“Social care is on the brink of collapse as a direct result of government inaction. Ministers keep promising a plan to reform social care but not delivering. “The Prime […]

It's just one of ​many ways that the government has fail​ed care ​staff, residents and their families. “The absence of full sick pay […]

“The public wants and expects this but simply don’t understand what the government is trying to do. Ministers have got to ditch the jargon and explain clearly what changes like […]

But many struggle on poverty wages despite their dedication during the pandemic. "It's time the government showed they valued care employees by ending poverty wages. Every worker should be on the real […]

Yet rather than own up and take responsibility, ministers are simply passing the buck to local councils. “Social care needs a substantial injection of new cash – targeted at poorer areas […]

Commenting on the warning today (Monday), from the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, that dignified care social care for the elderly will be at risk unless the government makes more money available, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “Government spending cuts have put local authority budgets under intolerable […]

The government’s decision to cut the top rate from 50p to 45p introduced in April 2013 has benefited the rich […]

“Years of underfunding mean local councils can no longer put enough money into care to meet the needs of an ageing population […]

A lot of people forget that – and how much trust it takes.” And she concludes: “I wish the government understood how hard carers work.” Sign the petition calling for carers to be paid a real […]

The frontline ​staff are dismayed the government has blocked them from receiving a free one-year visa extension​, which has been granted to some […]

“It’s just a pity it’s taken a national crisis for the government to see the value of our public services and the need to invest in them properly. “Government […]

The government’s reluctance to grant EU nationals working in our public services the right to remain has cast a […]

Only urgent steps by the government to fund the social care system properly will give NICE’s new standards any chance of ever […]

"Care workers too will feel at long last there's a government on their side, as councils would again be able to deliver high quality services to residents […]

Shockingly, two years on, the government has yet to raise statutory sick pay to a level that low-paid staff can afford to be sick […]