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 Barbara Keeley / Coronavirus / Social Care Labour calls for urgent action for Govt to protect care staff and social care system Continue Reading
Friday 6 March 2020 Barbara Keeley / 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 Barbara Keeley / 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 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Keeley responds to figures showing two in three adults are unpaid carers. Continue Reading
Monday 11 November 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care IFS lays bare Tories’ chronic underfunding of local govt – Keeley comments on IFS analysis Continue Reading
Saturday 9 November 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Paying the price after nearly a decade of Tory inaction on social care – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Saturday 9 November 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Paying the price after nearly a decade of Tory inaction on social care – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Sunday 22 September 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Labour will introduce free personal care Continue Reading
Friday 30 August 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley comments on the Health Foundation’s report on adult social care Continue Reading
Wednesday 31 July 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Increase in complaints about adult care services investigated and upheld – Keeley responds Continue Reading
Tuesday 9 July 2019 Barbara Keeley / 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 Barbara Keeley / 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
Wednesday 26 June 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Social care services at breaking point – Keeley Continue Reading
Monday 10 June 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley responds to Jeremy Hunt’s comments on social care Continue Reading
Monday 20 May 2019 Barbara Keeley / 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 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Care campaigners’ letter to the PM – Barbara Keeley responds Continue Reading
Thursday 21 February 2019 Barbara Keeley / 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 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Social care has been bled dry over the last eight years – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Thursday 31 January 2019 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley responds to RCP report on winter pressures Continue Reading
Thursday 11 October 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care £7 billion leached away from social care funding by austerity-obsessed Government – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 October 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Investigation raises deeply troubling issues over care for adults with learning disabilities Continue Reading
Tuesday 2 October 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Tinkering at the edges will not solve social care crisis – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Friday 31 August 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Lancet findings are a reminder that social care needs long term funding solution Continue Reading
Sunday 19 August 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care A social care ISA will do nothing to tackle the social care crisis – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Monday 6 August 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care The Government has totally failed to address the crisis in social care – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Tuesday 31 July 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley comments on LGA’s publication of its Green Paper Continue Reading
Wednesday 25 July 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Care complaints caused by cuts reveal need for Labour’s investment plan Continue Reading
Friday 13 July 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley responds to Mencap Society judgement Continue Reading
Sunday 1 July 2018 Andrew Gwynne / Press Releases / Social Care Fixing the crisis in social care is crucial if our public services are going to succeed – Gwynne Continue Reading
Wednesday 13 June 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care By cutting other council services is no way to fix the social care crisis – Barbara Keeley Continue Reading
Tuesday 5 June 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Carers action plan is notable for planning very little action that would actually support carers – Keeley Continue Reading
Saturday 21 April 2018 Business / John McDonnell / Social Care John McDonnell reacts to the news Allied Healthcare is in financial difficulty Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 April 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley MP speech at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services Conference Continue Reading
Wednesday 11 April 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Labour’s National Care Service will encourage ethical commissioning and cap social care costs Continue Reading
Thursday 15 March 2018 Barbara Keeley / Social Care Barbara Keeley responds to new research from Independent Age Continue Reading