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BBC Radio 4 Today It seems they are working from a false premise. The reason pay is so low in social care isn’t due to reliance on overseas staff, it’s because the state, which is the biggest purchaser of social care, deliberately underfunds it!

Lots of people are celebrating#NHS75, but fewer people know it's also the 75th anniversary of the modern adult social care system - see below for a thread on the history of social work, Birmingham's role in it and why celebrating where we've come from matters

'So long as it is unpaid, carer’s leave will maintain the power imbalance between waged work, seen as valuable by politicians because it contributes to GDP, and unwaged work, like care, which doesn’t show up in national accounting.' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Also highlights a crucial design flaw in Carers Allowance. There's no taper. You can earn £151 a week. If you earn £1 more you lose *it all*. Other benefits have a taper to encourage people to work as much as they can. Not Carer's Allowance. That's crazy. It can & should be fixed

You must be caring for someone for at least 35hrs a week to be eligible for Carer's Allowance. You get £81.90 - the equivalent of (at most) £2.34 an hour Any overpayment debts owed by carers are dwarfed by the undervaluing of their contribution to society theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

More excellent coverage of the scandal of unpaid carers fined and in debt due to earning even a penny over the earnings threshold for Carer's Allowance - which is a miserly £81.90 per week

"It’s beyond high time for reform. It’s a public outrage deserving immediate attention. Government and Opposition parties must all now commit to ending this scandal and to giving carers the fair deal they so richly deserve."

Earlier today, Kinship's Chief Executive Lucy Peake gave evidence to Education Committee as part of their children's social care inquiry, supporting MPs to understand more about #KinshipCare and current Government action. Here are our top 🔟 highlights from the session... 📺🧵

'Modern slavery is now “a trend and a feature” of the care sector market'. Following yesterday's article on new visa restrictions for migrant care staff, we look at the rising problem of exploitation & modern slavery in social care & what we know about the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 workforce 👇

A complete overhaul of Carer's Allowance is long overdue - amazing result from the Guardian's really powerful coverage

Carer's allowance scandal latest: Government dementia adviser quits over the DWPs treatment of unpaid carers, describing the prosecutions of vulnerable people as “beyond the pale”. theguardian.com/society/2024/a… via Josh Halliday

'Unpaid Carers: Will the next government acknowledge their value?' @drwatkinsmaxine comments on the invaluable contribution #unpaidcarers make to society and how crucial it is that their needs are prioritised in policymaking & resource allocation: centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/202…

Today marks the release of our joint report with APPG on Poverty and Inequality on the effects of UK immigration, asylum and refugee policy on poverty. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their insights and expertise with us. pic.x.com/On7MoqREjV

Great to see this important APPG report is out today - the Centre for Care submitted evidence together with our partner Stand As One - drawing on our academic research and their lived experience of supporting refugees in Sheffield

Thank you Wendy Chamberlain for securing a parliamentary debate later today calling for a new National Carers Strategy. Such a strategy would help people to continue caring for family and friends and should be a priority for the new Government. Watch here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/45…

At the parliamentary debate yesterday on 'Potential merits of a cross-Government strategy on #unpaidcarers', Wendy Chamberlain discussed many issues which Centre for Care team members have produced research on and continue to study, often collaborating with Carers UK (a thread) 1/8

Thank you to Centre for Care for their research and work with Carers UK and this great thread on my adjournment debate last night! #unpaidcarers

Yesterday in the House of Lords, Baroness Tyler led a debate on adult #socialcare and support for #unpaidcarers, highlighting the need for reform in social care; “the biggest public policy failure of our time” (a thread) 1/9 @esrc Research & Impact at Sheffield