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National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson's social care plans mean for you
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National insurance rise: What Boris Johnson's social care plans mean for you

'We had to get it right': Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help
Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham. Image: Pal Hansen/Guardian/eyevine
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'We had to get it right': Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help

The national insurance hike is a scam — and won't fix social care
James Ball

The national insurance hike is a scam — and won't fix social care

Carers Rights Day: Unpaid carers 'save UK £530 million every day of pandemic'
Carers Rights Day helps direct unpaid carers to support. Image: Matthias Zomer / Pexels
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Carers Rights Day: Unpaid carers 'save UK £530 million every day of pandemic'

Care leavers 'failed' by broken residential home system
Youth homelessness figures have been revealed. Image credit: Casey Muir-Taylor / Flickr
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Care leavers 'failed' by broken residential home system

From the climate to Covid, now is the time for a 'care manifesto'
The Care Collective

From the climate to Covid, now is the time for a 'care manifesto'

Women's unpaid work during crisis means a £15m daily loss for Scotland
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Employment

Women's unpaid work during crisis means a £15m daily loss for Scotland

Peter Capaldi shares stories written by young care leavers during lockdown
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Peter Capaldi shares stories written by young care leavers during lockdown

Scottish ministers promise extra one-off cash boost for unpaid carers
Social care
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Scottish ministers promise extra one-off cash boost for unpaid carers

Company comes to the aid of hospices facing £60-a-bottle hand sanitiser costs
Cavalry Healthcare CEO Rory McDonnell, whose company is helping to fight coronavirus in the North West
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Company comes to the aid of hospices facing £60-a-bottle hand sanitiser costs

Care leavers fundraiser to help extreme lockdown isolation smashes target
Care leavers supported by Live Unlimited's 'Give a Dongle' fundraising campaign
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Care leavers fundraiser to help extreme lockdown isolation smashes target

'Dear future me': Care-experienced teens pen letters to their future selves
Dear Future Me
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'Dear future me': Care-experienced teens pen letters to their future selves

Independent Care Review slams care system as 'fractured and unfeeling'
Care Review Scottish Government
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Independent Care Review slams care system as 'fractured and unfeeling'

Scotland will guarantee university places for care experienced people
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News

Scotland will guarantee university places for care experienced people

'Families split up because care system is based on resource not love'
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'Families split up because care system is based on resource not love'

Birmingham firms will offer jobs to 200 care leavers
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Birmingham firms will offer jobs to 200 care leavers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Victory for children's charity as kids social care 'myth-buster' is withdrawn
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Victory for children's charity as kids social care 'myth-buster' is withdrawn

Universities must make radical changes to help care leavers thrive, say MPs
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Universities must make radical changes to help care leavers thrive, say MPs

Campaigners take government to court over kids' social work advice
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Activism

Campaigners take government to court over kids' social work advice

The government is campaigning to fill 110,000 social care vacancies
Social care
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The government is campaigning to fill 110,000 social care vacancies

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