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• Sunak rebuked by UK’s statistics watchdog for making misleading claim about government debt – as it happened

  19-12-2023 19:20
  The prime minister has been facing questions on his government’s performance from senior MPs on the Commons liaison committeeSocial care leaders felt “blindsided” by recently announced changes to visa rules banning care workers from bringing their families to the UK and have “grave concerns” it could drive people from the sector, the Commons health committee heard this morning. PA Media has filed this from the hearing.The head of Care England, which represents socia
  
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• Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit

  19-12-2023 17:42
  End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPsPost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery becoming “a feature” of the care sector in England the Care Quality Commission has told MPs.James Bullion, chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care at the watchdog, told the Commons health and social care select committee that the end of free mov
  
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• Poem: Christmas is coming

  19-12-2023 16:28
  
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  Our casework sends us on journeys of highs and lows on a daily basis.  This particular case of mine was very emotive, given the time of year.  Social workers from various unrelated teams made sure Christmas was not lost for a young person I was working with and her baby brother. One manager even went out of his way and stepped up outside his usual business of the day to deliver to
  
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• Correspondence: NFF letter to the Education Select Committee: 19 December 2023

  19-12-2023 11:56 via gov.uk
  DfE Permanent Secretary writes to the Chair of the Education Select Committee, providing the report of the independent review of the national funding formula (NFF) 2024 to 2025.
  
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