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The Guardian
APRIL 16, 2024
£25bn of public money would have been saved between 2019 and 2023 if north had same care entry rates as south, report says One in every 52 children in Blackpool are in care compared with one in 140 across England, leading to calls for more to be done to urgently tackle the widening north-south divide , brought on by “decades of underinvestment”.
The Guardian
JULY 8, 2023
Shocking figures gathered by the Observer show social care provision is dictated by money, not need New children’s care homes are being disproportionately placed in cheaper and more deprived parts of England, according to an Observer investigation. Continue reading.
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The Guardian
JULY 2, 2023
Group issues 12-point plan calling for stricter immigration rules for care workers, students and refugees Rishi Sunak is facing demands from “red wall” Conservative MPs to slash the number of overseas care workers, foreign students and refugees allowed into the UK in time for the next election.
The Guardian
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Frank Thomson (not his real name) worked as safeguarding locum in 2018 but left after feeling unsafe Frank Thomson* has been a social worker for more than a decade, but describes a short stint in Bradford council’s child safeguarding team as “without exaggerating, the scariest place I’ve ever worked in”.
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Analysis shows those in deprived northern areas face spending 60% of eligible property value compared to 20% in the south Homeowners in the poorest areas of England face losing a three times greater share of their housing wealth to pay for social care than people in the most affluent areas, Guardian analysis reveals. Continue reading.
The Guardian
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Latest updates: 74 Tory MPs did not vote at all on the government’s amendment on standards reform Graham Brady faces questions over ‘opaque’ £800 an hour job Boris Johnson plan on ‘second jobs’ would hit fewer than 10 MPs Q: What is the optimal benefit you need to have to get most from this system?
The Guardian
MAY 24, 2023
Ibrahim Faraj, seven, was abducted and taken to Saudi Arabia in November A woman whose seven-year-old son was kidnapped by his father and taken to Saudi Arabia has said she repeatedly warned authorities it would happen but “no one listened”. Continue reading.
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