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Their proposals threaten a further demolition of the welfare state, which will leave all but the very poorest forced to cough up for their care.

Extreme financial constraints in the non-profit care sector have seen carers’ supplements for sleep-ins at service users’ homes slashed, along with holiday pay, bank holiday pay rates and […]

But Surrey has been told it can hold on to more of the cash it raises in return for abandoning a referendum on increasing council tax by 15 per cent. The £1.8bn cost of allowing […]

Research reveals the pressure on councils

Responding to TUC analysis published today (Tuesday) UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “Homecare workers are under severe pressure to provide top-notch – and often intimate – care, while building vital personal relationships with the people they care for. “But with many on zero-hours contracts, it makes it a lot likelier they won’t be regularly caring for the […]

The campaign, led by the union’s local government service group, focused on social care for the day of action – pointing out that the services have lost almost £2bn from their budgets in […]