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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Experienced care workers earn 4p per hour more than new staff, reveals Skills for Care

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Government curbs overseas recruitment with providers required to prioritise staff already in England

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A rally outside the Houses of Parliament with campaigners holding up a banner with the words 'Providers Unite Day of Action'

Adults, Social work leaders

Providers hold day of action in protest against Budget’s impact on social care

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Adult social care vacancy rate fell last year, data suggests

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Council social care fee rises lag national living wage hike for third year running, providers report

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Person placing a wooden block with the word 'budget' written in black on it on top of a similar block with the word 'gap' written on it

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Extra £200m for social care in council settlement ‘wholly inadequate’, warn sector heads

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Adults, Social work leaders

£1bn boost to adult social care funding ‘not enough to cover costs’, warn leaders

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Melanie Williams

Adults, Social work leaders

Protect social care from ‘catastrophic’ national insurance increase, ADASS tells government

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Adults, Social work leaders

Providers to cut care and jobs on back of Budget, finds survey

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Social care providers face £2.8bn bill from wage and tax rises next year, analysis finds

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Workforce

Budget will lead to cuts and job losses, say social workers

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Adults, Social work leaders

Councils already planning £1.4bn in adult care savings next year before added pressures from Budget

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

£600m for social care ‘risks being swallowed by wage and employer tax rises’, warn sector leaders

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Chancellor of the Exchequer (2024-) Rachel Reeves

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

£600m boost for social care next year announced in Budget

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Pay boost for many thousands of care workers as government raises national living wage by 6.7%

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Michael Gove

Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Gove finds extra £500m for social care following last-ditch calls to ease council pressures

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