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• Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson handed responsibility for social care in Labour government

  05-07-2024 20:30
  
  Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson have been handed responsibility for social care in the Labour government, after it took power today.
  Prime minister Keir Starmer has appointed both to the cabinet roles mirroring the briefs they held in opposition.
  Streeting has become health and social care secretary, giving him responsibility for the NHS and adult social care.
  Phillipson, meanwhile, has been appointed education secretary, a role that has oversight for children’s social care, as well a
  
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• Speech: Statement from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

  05-07-2024 19:21 via gov.uk
  
  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care delivers a statement setting out his mission for saving the NHS
  
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• Lib Dems to push for cross-party talks on tackling social care

  05-07-2024 18:02
  
  Exclusive: party to use biggest-ever cohort of MPs to get ‘essential decisions’ made on issue that ‘cut-through’General election 2024: live newsThe Liberal Democrats plan to use their best-ever contingent of 71 MPs to push Keir Starmer to begin cross-party talks on a new plan for social care, saying the issue was raised repeatedly by voters during their election campaign.Lib Dem insiders said Ed Davey’s party, which unseated four cabinet ministers as well as dozens
  
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• UNISON members reject local government pay offer

  05-07-2024 17:40
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.UNISON members have rejected employers’ offer of a £1,290 pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2024-25.
  The union, which has the largest representation among social workers across the UK, said a ballot of members working in local government resulted in a ‘no’ vote on what employers have described as their “full and final offer&rdq
  
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• UNISON and Unite members reject local government pay offer

  05-07-2024 17:40
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Members of two of the three local government unions have rejected employers’ offer of a £1,290 pay rise for council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2024-25.
  UNISON, which has the largest representation among social workers across the UK, said a ballot of members working in local government resulted in a ‘no’ vote on what employers have described as the
  
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• Labour urged to prioritise social work after huge election victory

  05-07-2024 10:03
  
  Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Labour has returned to power with an overwhelming victory in the 2024 general election.
  With the final few results coming in, the party has won 411 seats required to become the next government, giving it a majority in the House of Commons of at least 172.
  Keir Starmer will shortly become the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown left office in 2010. He is expected to appoint his cab
  
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• Speech: The NHS is broken: Health and Social Care Secretary statement

  05-07-2024 01:00 via gov.uk
  
  Statement from Wes Streeting, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, setting out his mission for saving the NHS.
  
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