Richard Humphries

The most radical Labour plan you haven’t heard about Collective bargaining in social care could save an ailing sector — but only if it’s done properly

”…..if the government tries to implement a big change like this on the cheap, it might end up looking like a failure, whether or not it was a good idea.” on.ft.com/3IwfWcQ The most radical Labour plan you haven’t heard about

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

”Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

”…..we do this work at a time when trust feels fragile and anger is often directed downwards — with disenfranchised communities pitted against one another and with people being encouraged to blame those who already have the least power.” Wise & timely words

Pam's story: How social care helps me to live at home independently - ADASS In 2017, I was admitted to hospital when I became poorly with pneumonia. I also have a condition called Haemochromatosis, which means my body absorbs and stores too much iron. If it’s not treated, it ...

To celebrate the #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, we’ve added a new story to #CareCantWait.

With the support of her carers, 92-year-old Pam is able to live independently at home, surrounded by family, friends, neighbours & the community that she loves.

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Well said Bob - way too many people supporting the digital sewer that X has become

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Apt for a sector that by necessity has grown used to being patient

”but not yet”

“As long as I hold this office, it will be the business of this government to build a National Care Service worthy of the name.”

Sounds expensive.

£500m for first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care workers Government invests £500 million into first ever Fair Pay Agreement in major milestone for care worker pay

Very welcome -,but if £500m doesn’t cover the actual costs it will just pile more pressure on already besieged councils & providers www.gov.uk/government/n...

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88 Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

Sad to hear this. For me he was the finest poet of our time. RIP Tony.

An amazing piece of public art - here at the #BritishIronworksCentre in Shropshire

Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future | King's College London Joe Hanley; James Blewett; Jane Tunstill; June Thoburn

Social Work Networks: Past, Present and Future
#swhn @socwkhistory.bsky.social
Joe Hanley, Jane Tunstill, James Blewett, June Thoburn
25 September 2025 14:00 to 16:00
All welcome!
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Who will care?: How can we meet the scale of the care challenge? | IPPR This paper traces the history around care transformation over the last century, and explores the ways in which the work of caring is undervalued and theref

Thanks Duncan see also www.ippr.org/articles/who...

"We call for progressives to look beyond paid services and listen to the human wish to care, embedding real choice into the system" This ought to be a really important report.

SCIE and The Access Group lead sector drive to define national standards of care- SCIE The four roundtables, which will take place in October and November, will explore key themes including purpose and personalisation, data and technology, integration across health and housing and accou...

SCIE and The Access Group are convening a series of policy roundtables to develop a framework for national standards of care. The initiative will build a shared vision of how national standards can deliver consistency, equity and quality across the country.

Follow the link to find out more.

Multiple Labour MPs have called for online safety law to be beefed up to tackle hate speech

Some have also urged the government to come off X altogether

“Why would anybody want to lend legitimacy to a platform that’s primary purpose is to make money off the back of hate?” @sarahowen.org.uk said

Just one person but here’s my daughter’s reflection on her stay in hospital in Newcastle.

Another reason to remain puzzled as to why so many decent people & organisations continue to support this odious man’s SM platform

Maybe it wasn’t a very good care home?

Encouraging. Oh to have been a fly on the wall. #caseycommission caseycommission.co.uk/baroness-cas...

This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

Powerful call for a much more radical approach by @healthfoundation.bsky.social & @thekingsfund.bsky.social

A mob of angry drunken men screaming abuse outside an asylum hotel have defended their actions, saying all they want is for women and girls to feel safe walking the streets.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Rayner says in her resignation letter: "The challenges of government are nothing compared to the challenge of putting food on the table and getting a roof over our head when I brought up kids working as a home help."

Absolutely. A shame to lose that perspective from the cabinet table.

Well, there are think tanks. And there are think tanks.

Great analysis from Tilda here: London looks to be particularly vulnerable to restrictions in overseas staff working in adult social care

And despite ending the visa route in July, the government has yet to announce when it plans to implement Fair Pay Agreements or if they will be fully funded

The UK is a fiscal saint, not a sinner Markets ultimately will take notice if the government demonstrates its ability to lower deficits

”this is no way to conduct public finances in a mature democracy” - a healthy corrective to some of the current hysteria about our public finances, thank you @chrisgiles.ft.com