Today is the 30th Anniversary of The Carers Centre – Leicestershire and Rutland. For thirty years they’ve supported unpaid family carers in looking after their loved ones, offering them advice and company through what can be an incredibly difficult time. I’ve written to Kirsteen McVeigh, CEO of The Carers Centre, […]
Today, I spoke to the National Children and Adult Services Conference alongside our Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Kate Green MP. This event brings together Directors of Children’s and Adult Social Services from councils across England, to discuss common issues and hear from experts in this area. Ahead of […]
I spoke to BBC Radio Leicester about the real concerns that Labour have with the Government’s proposals on care costs. At a time when we have terrible frontline staff shortages, that family carers are being pushed to breaking point, and that disabled people can’t get the help they need to […]
Earlier today I spoke with Gloria de Piero on GB News about the Government’s proposed changes to the cap on care costs. Right now, ordinary people are seeing a rise in their taxes, without seeing anything back for it. They are not seeing a single extra minute of care for […]
New analysis by Labour shows that two thirds of poorer home owners will have to pay more towards their care under Boris Johnson’s new proposals. The Tories are imposing a punishing tax hike on ordinary working people that does nothing to ensure more people get the care they need or […]
Boris Johnson’s tax hike on working people won’t “fix the crisis in social care” or stop elderly people with low or modest savings from having to sell their homes to pay for care. But it will protect the homes of the wealthiest. I’ve written for the Mirror about why Labour […]
Earlier this week I spoke at a brilliant virtual roundtable organised by New Local and Social Care Future- two organisations that are campaigning for people who have lived experience of social care to be essential in shaping its future. You can read more about the work of New Local here […]
Yesterday, the Government snuck out a change on the cap on care costs. I’m disappointed but unsurprised that they did not announce this to MPs. Those on low and modest incomes will end up paying more for their care – this is unfair, and older people deserve more. I raised […]
Yesterday I spoke to BBC News about the new details we have discovered about how the cap on care costs will work. This small print, snuck out under a cloud of Tory sleaze, shows how much of a con the Prime Minister’s so-called ‘cap on care costs’ really is. We […]
The Government have today published the details of how their so-called cap on care costs will work. This small print, sneaked out today under a cloud of Tory sleaze, shows Boris Johnson’s so-called cap on care costs is an event bigger con than we initially thought. We already know most […]
It was great to attend the Working Carers – Together We Care Group last night, and it was very useful to hear from people’s real, lived experiences. This is one of a number of support groups, organised by the Carer’s Centre, for those who support and care for someone. If […]
The latest data shows that less than a quarter of all care home residents in Leicester have received their Covid-19 booster jab. The Government set a deadline of November 1 for all care home residents and staff to be offered a booster dose of the vaccine. With over 43,000 care […]
