Election 2015: What would the main parties do for social work?

A simple breakdown of the five main parties' biggest and most eye-catching plans for social care and social work

By Luke Stevenson on April 17, 2015 in Adults, Children, Mental Health, Workforce

What will the future hold for social work? Photo: Simon Cunningham/Flickr

The five main political parties in England and Wales revealed their manifestos this week, outlining their plans for the country if they are elected to govern on 7 May.

Although they aren’t bursting at the seams with social care and social work related policy – our count has six mentions of ‘social work’ or ‘social workers’ across all five manifestos – there are still plenty of proposals detailing where each party could take the profession and care for the vulnerable if they make it into government.

You can read more detail about their policies in the full stories published on Community Care, but for brevity here’s a simple breakdown of each parties’ biggest and most eye-catching plans for social care and social work.

Read more about the main parties’ proposed social care commitments via the links below.

Labour’s proposed social care commitments in more detail.

The Conservatives’ proposed social care commitments in more detail.

The Liberal Democrats’ proposed social care commitments in more detail.

The Green Party’s proposed social care commitments in more detail.

UKIP’s proposed social care commitments in more detail.