Mother says her 24-year-old son’s care at a hospital in Cheshire is ‘worse than being in prison’The family of an autistic man confined to an apartment and fed through a hatch are planning a legal challenge against his conditions, in a case that will in…
UK to ease immigration rules for care workers as shortage worsens
Loss of more than 40,000 staff over past six months prompts move to recruit overseas Thousands of additional care workers are to be recruited from abroad to fill chronic gaps in the workforce, the government has announced, after figures showed more tha…
Essential workers thousand of pounds worse off than a decade ago, TUC says
Nurses, care home staff and police officers have had real pay cuts since 2010 as wages lag behind pricesNurses, care home staff and police officers working on Christmas Day will be thousands of pounds worse off than they were a decade ago as a result o…
Charity says 16,000 UK children could be exposed to domestic abuse at Christmas
Early Intervention Foundation calls on ministers to commit to funding specialist support services in new yearAlmost 16,000 children in the UK could be exposed to domestic abuse this Christmas, a leading research charity has estimated, calling on minist…
Social care: Johnson’s reforms face fresh hurdle in Lords
Tory peers will try to amend PM’s controversial bill which has already sparked a rebellion by his MPsBoris Johnson is facing a showdown with Conservative peers in the House of Lords who will attempt to force his social care reforms back to the Commons,…
UK politics live: PM’s social care plan ‘about helping very well off’, says former Tory pensions minister
Latest updates: Ros Altmann says plan only helps the wealthy, MPs are due to vote on social care proposals tonightBoris Johnson praises Peppa Pig and loses place in rambling speechUK minister refuses to rule out people having to sell homes to fund care…
Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru to cooperate on almost 50 policy areas
Parties say deal is not coalition but ‘bespoke agreement’ to create a stable Senedd capable of delivering ‘radical change and reform’Radical plans ranging from strict restrictions on second home ownership to setting up a publicly owned energy company a…
Boris Johnson told: dump plan for social care charges or face Tory rebellion
MPs from north of England vent rage in emergency call with minister Gillian Keegan amid backbench fury at costs faced by less well-off pensionersSenior Conservatives on Saturday urged Boris Johnson to ditch plans that would see many of England’s poores…
Ignore the buzzwords, the Tories will inflict yet more damage on local services | Frances Ryan
Rishi Sunak will talk about ‘levelling up’, but desperate communities should prepare for more funding cutsWhen Rishi Sunak stands in front of the Commons for the spending review next week, the chancellor will no doubt serve up “build back better” buzzw…
‘Where’s the logic?’: how England’s ‘no jab, no job’ policy will hit a care worker
Debbie Vickers is among tens of thousands of care home staff likely to lose jobs because of Covid vaccine rulesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCarol Thomas, a retired health academic who lives with multiple sclerosis, is abo…