Social care
‘Absolutely appalling’: 100 vulnerable children died in NSW last year
Report finds suicide among cohort reached five-year peak while risk of significant harm rose steadily, with Indigenous children over-represented
Caitlin Cassidy
02, Dec, 2021 @9:48 PM
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: injuries suggested treatment ‘amounting to torture’
Questions remain over how stepmother and father’s extreme child abuse evaded detection
Jessica Murray
02, Dec, 2021 @7:32 PM
This isn’t a plan for social care in England – it’s a recipe for disaster | Polly Toynbee
Care homes will continue to go under as workers leave the sector for better paid jobs, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Polly Toynbee
02, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM
UK Covid: Johnson does not deny Christmas party reports; No 10 defends ignoring Sage travel advice – as it happened
Latest updates: PM questioned over 2020 Christmas party; Sage says pre-travel PCR tests would be ‘valuable’ in fighting Omicron spread
Andrew Sparrow
01, Dec, 2021 @6:15 PM
Time for honesty if Boris Johnson really wants to fix social care
Analysis: more money is needed and UK government should admit to the public how bad things have got
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
01, Dec, 2021 @5:02 PM
Jeremy Hunt and Labour attack ministers’ social care plan
Tory MP says proposals will do nothing to stop hospital wards being full of people who should be discharged
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
01, Dec, 2021 @3:56 PM
New social care plans risk backlash over failure to tackle England’s winter crisis
Exclusive: long-awaited white paper provides no new funding to help with care providers’ immediate problems
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
30, Nov, 2021 @6:04 PM
‘We’ve been failed’: five vulnerable people on their booster jab wait
As the UK accelerates its Covid vaccination programme, some have already had difficulties
Clea Skopeliti and Rachel Obordo
30, Nov, 2021 @1:57 PM
Closures and soaring waiting lists: crunch time for social care services
‘Red lights are flashing’ warns care boss, in advance of the government’s social care white paper
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent
29, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
Tory voters in north of England view social care reforms as ‘toxic’ – research
Labour polling reveals funding changes that break Conservative election pledge considered a betrayal
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent
29, Nov, 2021 @6:00 AM
Another U-turn likely from UK government on care costs bill
Senior Tories told ‘dog’s dinner’ legislation will change to prevent defeat over proposals that would penalise the poor
Toby Helm Political editor
28, Nov, 2021 @9:15 AM
‘We are sick of double speak’: French government intensifies attack on Johnson over Channel tragedy – as it happened
Macron slams Boris Johnson for trying to negotiate with him via Twitter as it cancels talks with UK officials over Channel crossings
Andrew Sparrow
26, Nov, 2021 @5:31 PM
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