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🙋Today at #PMQs, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister about the Employment Rights Bill and the fair pay agreement for care workers. The agreement will benefit all who care for older and disabled adults in our local area. See the response from Angela Rayner below👇

This sounds brilliant! Wish I could make it 👇

NMW to rise to £12.21 per hour, with RLW £12.60 and LLW £13.85 ph Most councils & ICBs are not paying enough to cover this year’s NMW of £11.44. Some have not inc fee rates since 2023 Allowing unethical purchase of care by public bodies is scandalous bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🧵The Homecare Association is deeply worried about the impact of the #AutumnBudget on homecare services. While a rise in the #NationalMinimumWage to £12.21/hr is positive in principle, an increase of £600m in the social care grant is nowhere near enough.

Shouldn't adult social care be one of the priorities for the Spring spending review? This would imply it isn't which seems extraordinary. Wes Streeting Rachel Reeves Department of Health and Social Care HM Treasury

Hope this is picked up by UNISON - UK's largest union branches across the country. If the stories of Homecare Workers' Group members are anything to go by, it's very, very much needed. theguardian.com/society/2024/n…

Care work, skill and responsibility... Do you think care work is skilled? If so, in what way? Could it be more productive to think in terms of responsibility? I've been giving this some thought and it would be great to get some feedback 💡 homecarewg.org/post/care-work… #socialcare

If there are any #Notts folk on here with possible means of letting #homecare workers know about this peer support meetup we're running in December, please help us to spread the word 😊 homecarewg.org/event-details-…

Now on Blue Sky bsky.app/profile/rachel…

It’s #GoodNewsFriday 🎉 Rachel Kelso, Founder of Homecare Workers’ Group, talks to us about their free and independent support network for homecare workers. bit.ly/3AR3ZKD

Homecare provider? Tell your team! skillsforcare.org.uk/news-and-event… thanks for the support Skills for Care Dr Jane Brightman 💚💙🧩

Kitchen table planning for our #Nottingham meetup... Goodest contribution award goes to Douglas (of course) 🐶 homecarewg.org/event-details-…

We’ve a social care impasse at top of government, so what next? Inside the social care sector itself, we do need a proper review and a long term plan for social care but we’re worn out by the debate by the last government when change is desperately needed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Social care staff need #MoreThanWarmWords this winter. We're proud to support Coalition of Care & Support Providers campaign urging Scottish Government to invest in the workforce & cover the costs of the NI rise. bit.ly/3Bz5UE3