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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

Placing social workers in mental health trusts can help tackle out-of-area placements, says report

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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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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

Government sets limit on council tax rises in 2025-26

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Adults

The bill to legalise assisted dying explained

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

‘Social care buy-in for fair pay plan at risk after Budget tax hike’

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders

How the government plans to reform the Mental Health Act 1983

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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, Children, Social work leaders

Bill to overhaul ‘outdated’ Mental Health Act introduced

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Adults, Social work leaders

More people receiving adult social care following years of decline, data shows

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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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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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Adults, Social work leaders

‘Chronic’ DoLS backlogs leaving many without human rights protections, warns CQC

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Adults, Inform Adults

Preparing for court: a checklist for social workers

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Fair pay agreement for adult social care likely to increase council costs, says government

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