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Report: How We Won: The Care Workers Who Struck for a Living Wage

by James Greig

Workers at Sage - a small, independent care home in north London - have won a huge victory in their campaign for fair wages. James Greig reports on the win and the precedent it sets for a sector known for its poor pay and conditions - and in which strike action is all too rare.

Live: The Tory Plan to Privatise the NHS

Tomorrow MPs will vote on Sajid Javid's Health and Care Bill. Does it threaten to privatise the NHS by the back door? We speak to Dr Bob Gill.

A grey short-haired cat sitting on a white duvet stares into a laptop, against a blue curtain background

Feature: We’re All Working, All the Time

by Polly Smythe

Long before the pandemic, remote working had created the expectation that workers be “always on”. It’s time we fought for our right to switch off, writes Polly Smythe.

Boris Johnson paints the words 'social care' on a cup in a care home

Opinion: An Ageing Society is As Big an Issue As Climate Change

by Aaron Bastani

Societal ageing poses a profound challenge to our economic model, writes Aaron Bastani. Raising national insurance contributions won't scratch the surface of a social care crisis that has only just begun.

Live: MPs Vote on Tax Hike for the Working Class

As MPs vote on Boris Johnson's manifesto breaking tax hike on workers, Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial discuss why the rise is regressive, and why it won't fix Britain's care crisis.

Live: Johnson in Fight Over Social Care Funding

Boris Johnson faces a backlash for breaking a manifesto promise as he prepares to raise national insurance. Should the move be opposed and, if so, how else should social care be funded?

An elderly man being treated at home by a district nurse, Hampshire, UK. Adobe Stock

Opinion: Hiking National Insurance Isn’t Going to Solve the Social Care Crisis

by Andrew Fisher

Last week it was reported that the government is considering raising national insurance in order to fund social care. But the social care crisis isn’t just about the needs of elderly people in care homes – and hiking NI by 1% isn't going to solve it, argues Andrew Fisher.

Live: Matt Hancock Caught Having Affair With Advisor

Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the hopeless health secretary Matt Hancock after he was caught having an affair with a key aide hired to tackle the pandemic.

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Novara FM: ‘Tired From the Heart’: Voices From the Care Sector

Care work faces a constant struggle for recognition, leaving some workers 'tired from the heart'. What would it mean to advance an alternative vision of the sector? Sophie K Rosa, Craig Gent and James Butler find out.

Residents and their families in an elderly care home.

Analysis: Money Alone Won’t Fix the Care Crisis – We Need a Radical Rethink

by Emma Dowling

Perma-austerity and the persistent devaluation of care work have left social care in a deficit of millions. But throwing money at the problem won’t make it go away. What we need is a radical rethink, writes Emma Dowling - one that puts care workers and the communities they serve at the helm.

Analysis: Overcrowded and Understaffed: Coronavirus Has Exposed the Flaws in Our Mental Health System

by Ed Kiely and Joannah Griffith

The deaths of psychiatric inpatients – often detained against their will on locked wards – highlight systemic issues that existed long before the current public health crisis, write Ed Kiely and Joannah Griffith.

I’m a Social Work Student Who Went on Fee Strike. Here’s What I Learned

by an Anonymous Student

Social work students at Goldsmiths university went on strike last year, when they discovered at the last minute that their NHS bursaries would not be enough to cover their increased course fees. One participant reflects on what he hoped to achieve and what he learned from taking part in the UK's first student fee strike.