Home Care News
PM's 'dementia tax' ditched like the Queen's crown
21 Jun 2017
As the Queen’s Speech announced the Government’s plans, there was no mention of the Conservative’s election pledge of a dementia tax or a social care cap. Instead, Her Majesty ditched her crown for a blue.....
Welsh Government unveils plans to curb zero-hours contracts for home care workers
15 Jun 2017
Plans to curb zero-hours contracts and protect care time in the social care sector have been unveiled by the Welsh Government. Under the new proposals, employers will need to offer home care workers on zero-hours.....
Election 'Mayhem' over social care puts care challenges on the map
09 Jun 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May was prepared for a sleepless night in the early hours of 9 June, and the next day Britain woke up to find voters had not heeded her call to ‘strengthen my hand’ but taken away the Conservative Party’s majority.....
General Election 2017: Home care leaders tell political parties 'stop using social care as a political football'
01 Jun 2017
Social care has been one of the issues dominating the election campaign, with the Conservatives even forced into doing an unprecedented U-turn after its manifesto pledge to introduce a ‘dementia tax’ was heavily criticised. When.....