POLICY BRIEFING: What Can Carers’ Organisations Offer the Current Debate on Social Care Reform?

Emma Lewell MP: Government accelerates its three-year review into social care

It was just over two weeks ago that Andy Burnham became our new Prime Minister. In those two weeks, the Government has made, unusually for the summer Recess, a flurry of announcements; a VAT cut on electricity bills, a Business Rates cut for pubs, capped bus fares at £2, set a new focus on skills and building a National Care Service to address our deeply flawed and inequitable adult social care services.

Social care is not a burden, it is an economic driver - Gillian Smith

Andy Burnham’s recent commitment to reform adult social care is welcome and long overdue. For decades, social care has been recognised as one of the biggest challenges facing public services, yet meaningful reform has repeatedly been delayed.

Council sets out vision for adult social care

Somerset Council has published its new Adult Social Care Strategy for 2026-29. The document highlights how it will work with residents, carers and partners to support adults to live healthy, safe and independent lives within strong communities. The strategy outlines the council’s priorities for adult social care over the next three years, which are: a focus on people having the support they need early, ensuring people have the support they need…

POLICY BRIEFING: What can carers’ organisations offer the current debate on social care reform?

The policy briefing argues that unpaid carers and their organisations must be central to social care reform. Drawing on the history of the carers’ movement, it shows how carers’ organisations have raised awareness, influenced policy and developed practical solutions in the UK and internationally.

Care and Support Alliance Urges Leaders to Back PM's Social Care Reform Push

Share Post Share Email Council leaders across England are being urged to unite behind calls for urgent national reform of adult social care, as new analysis reveals stark differences in what happens to people seeking care and support depending on where they live. The CSA’s analysis reveals a stark postcode lottery in adult social care, with people’s chances of receiving support varying dramatically depending on where they live. On average, peopl…

FROM THE LEADER: Addressing the crisis in social care

Wokingham Borough Council has always received low levels of central government subsidy for key services compared with other councils with the same range of responsibilities, as ministers, of all political complexions, have assumed that we are a wealthy borough and therefore do not need significant support. Ministers in successive governments have argued that we should raise the vast majority of what we need from local sources, especially the cou…