Saturday 24 July 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Labour reveals Boris Johnson social care plan on Tory leader’s second anniversary Continue Reading
Tuesday 20 July 2021 Health / Liz Kendall / Social Care Government’s plans on social care have been delayed yet again – Liz Kendall Continue Reading
Tuesday 22 June 2021 Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Matt Hancock morning media comments on social care reform’ Continue Reading
Monday 21 June 2021 Social Care Govt delays meeting on social care reforms – Liz Kendall responds Continue Reading
Thursday 10 June 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Matt Hancock cannot justify his failure to protect care homes Continue Reading
Thursday 29 April 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall speech to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Conference Continue Reading
Saturday 3 April 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to news that care home residents will be allowed two visitors from the 12 April Continue Reading
Thursday 25 March 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to the NAO’s report on adult social care in England Continue Reading
Thursday 4 March 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Chancellor’s claim that Government is attempting is build cross-party consensus on social care Continue Reading
Wednesday 3 February 2021 Liz Kendall / Social Care Labour will seek to enshrine the right of care home residents to see family in law Continue Reading
Saturday 7 November 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Age UK report on the care workforce Continue Reading
Wednesday 4 November 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to new visiting guidelines for care homes Continue Reading
Wednesday 21 October 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Health and Social Care Committee report on social care funding Continue Reading
Wednesday 21 October 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Skills for Care social care workforce report Continue Reading
Tuesday 29 September 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to latest Alzheimer’s Society report highlighting strain placed on families by coronavirus Continue Reading
Saturday 19 September 2020 Angela Rayner / Social Care Government must publish its plan to fix social care crisis and that plan must guarantee all care workers will be paid at least the real living wage – Angela Rayner Continue Reading
Friday 18 September 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall comments on the announcement of the social care winter plan Continue Reading
Sunday 2 August 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / Social Care Govt abandons care homes testing pledge – Jonathan Ashworth responds Continue Reading
Thursday 30 July 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall comments on the delay faced by care home staff and residents for coronavirus testing Continue Reading
Wednesday 29 July 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Public Accounts Committee report Continue Reading
Thursday 16 July 2020 Keir Starmer / Social Care Learn lessons, save lives: Starmer calls on Prime Minister to make social care a key focus of independent coronavirus inquiry Continue Reading
Monday 6 July 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Prime Minister’s comments on care home deaths Continue Reading
Sunday 7 June 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Government too slow to act on care home testing Continue Reading
Thursday 28 May 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall comments on the block-booking of beds in care homes at the start of the pandemic Continue Reading
Wednesday 20 May 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Robert Buckland admission that Government prioritised NHS testing over care homes Continue Reading
Thursday 7 May 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall responds to Exercise Cygnus Continue Reading
Tuesday 28 April 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Labour set out 6 key areas to address Covid-19 crisis in social care Continue Reading
Monday 27 April 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall backs Care England’s calls for more funding Continue Reading
Tuesday 21 April 2020 Coronavirus / Liz Kendall / Social Care Government must publish daily Covid-19 deaths in care homes to help stop spread of virus Continue Reading
Wednesday 15 April 2020 Liz Kendall / Social Care Liz Kendall comments on the Government’s social care action plan Continue Reading
Wednesday 15 April 2020 Social Care Government must set out how its commitment to testing care home residents and staff will be delivered – Liz Kendall responds to government announcement on social care testing Continue Reading
Thursday 9 April 2020 Jonathan Ashworth / Social Care Labour calls for urgent action to support the social care system – Jonathan Ashworth Continue Reading
Friday 3 April 2020 Coronavirus / Social Care Labour calls for urgent action for Govt to protect care staff and social care system Continue Reading
Friday 6 March 2020 Social Care Matt Hancock letter on cross-party talks shows Tories have no plan to fix social care crisis Continue Reading
Thursday 5 December 2019 Social Care Age UK analysis shows a lack of social care has led to 2.5 million lost bed days Continue Reading
Thursday 21 November 2019 Social Care Keeley responds to figures showing two in three adults are unpaid carers. Continue Reading
Monday 11 November 2019 Social Care IFS lays bare Tories’ chronic underfunding of local govt – Keeley comments on IFS analysis Continue Reading
Saturday 9 November 2019 Social Care Paying the price after nearly a decade of Tory inaction on social care – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Saturday 9 November 2019 Social Care Paying the price after nearly a decade of Tory inaction on social care – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Friday 30 August 2019 Social Care Barbara Keeley comments on the Health Foundation’s report on adult social care Continue Reading
Wednesday 31 July 2019 Social Care Increase in complaints about adult care services investigated and upheld – Keeley responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 July 2019 Social Care Inaction on social care funding is taking a heavy toll on the finances of people with dementia and their families – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Monday 8 July 2019 Social Care Tax cuts for the rich have deprived the UK public of almost £14 billion – Barbara Keeley responds to Unison’s report Continue Reading
Monday 10 June 2019 Social Care Barbara Keeley responds to Jeremy Hunt’s comments on social care Continue Reading
Monday 20 May 2019 Social Care Barbara Keeley MP commenting on the report “Far less than they deserve” from the Children’s Commissioner Continue Reading
Sunday 3 March 2019 Social Care Care campaigners’ letter to the PM – Barbara Keeley responds Continue Reading
Thursday 21 February 2019 Social Care Older and disabled adults nearly £2 billion worse off since scrapping of the social care cost cap Continue Reading
Wednesday 6 February 2019 Social Care Social care has been bled dry over the last eight years – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading