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BASW update on our key priorities under the banner 'What We Stand For'.

​​​​​​​Social workers must challenge the Government’s plan to cut Universal Credit, says BASW member Jon Dudley.

​​​​​​​BASW chair Gerry Nosowska on how BASW England is speaking up for social work as the Health and Care Bill progresses through Parliament.

Government must ensure this move is at least the start of meeting the scale and urgency of the crisis facing social care across the UK.

Over 100 civil society organisations – including BASW UK – have written to the Prime Minister, calling for the Government to abandon the proposed cut, which is worth over £1000 a year.

As a social worker, BASW vice-chair Lewis Roberts sees rising poverty levels and the devastating impact this is having on society

The UK has a moral responsibility to the people affected by the crisis and must do all in its power to provide support and assistance.

BASW is asking for members to get in touch with their experiences of working with children who have no recourse to public funds

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead, provides an update from Westminster after Parliament was recalled this week.