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• SCALE to upskill care in Cornwall

  15-09-2021 13:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The European Social Fund (ESF) has awarded more than £1.74m in grant funding to a two-year project in Cornwall providing training to those who work in social care. Match funding of £489,726 means the total project value is £2,230,126.Led by Cornwall Care, project partners include Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust (RCHT), Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT), Kernow Commissioning Group (KCCG), Cornwall Partners in Care (CPIC), Cornwall Adult Health and Social Care Learnin
  
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• Starmer’s caution has been politically disastrous – can he change course? | Frances Ryan

  15-09-2021 10:00
  
  This year’s party conference may be the Labour leader’s last chance to offer a real alternativeThis time last year, Keir Starmer was preparing to give his first conference speech as Labour leader to a near-empty room. Separated from the public due to social distancing measures and greeted with silence rather than applause, the image became a metaphor for Starmer’s early leadership: some scripted words were carefully uttered, but ultimately no one was listening.This month will s
  
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• Keir Starmer must use the Labour party conference to clearly set out his vision | Frances Ryan

  15-09-2021 10:00
  
  If Labour is to have any success, last week’s failure to offer an alternative to Tory social care plans should never be repeatedThis time last year, Keir Starmer was preparing to give his first conference speech as Labour leader to a near-empty room. Separated from the public due to social distancing measures and greeted with silence rather than applause, the image became a metaphor for Starmer’s early leadership: some scripted words were carefully uttered, but ultimately no one was
  
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• Who’s paying for the government’s plan to fix social care?

  15-09-2021 04:00
  
  The government’s plan to fix the ailing social care system passed into law this week. But who will benefit most and who will pick up the bill?Last week Boris Johnson outlined what Downing Street is billing as a once-in-a-generation shake-up of adult social care and how it is funded. It is an attempt to tackle one of the thorniest issues in modern politics – how to meet the spiralling costs of an ageing population who are living longer with complex conditions and to do it in a way tha
  
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