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Peers hear social work's safeguarding concerns over assisted dying Risks of coercive control and 'crisis' in social care influencing decisions highlighted News 23 Oct 2025
Adults' social workers £2,500 worse off a year on average than eight years ago Failure to keep up with inflation sees 5.5 per cent real term salaries drop in England News 16 Oct 2025
Covid plus workforce pressures were a 'perfect storm' for vulnerable children BASW interim chief executive Samantha Baron gives evidence to the Covid inquiry News 13 Oct 2025
Safe workloads for children's social workers urgently needed, major study finds Two-year long study also calls for national workforce strategy in England News 6 Oct 2025
Children left hungry and unsafe at G4S-run secure home Ofsted report finds safeguarding in ‘disarray’ with mental health needs ignored and communal areas ‘dirty’ News 30 Sep 2025
Legal challenge could result in ‘a seismic change to the UK care system’ Supreme Court bid to get full employment rights for foster carers News 30 Sep 2025
Tributes to colourful social worker, activist and musician BASW, SWU and friends celebrate the ‘incomparable’ Angi Naylor News 29 Sep 2025
Regional bias claim against the north in adult social care inspections Regulator scoring London and southern authorities more generously, according to analysis News 29 Sep 2025
'Children’s social care reform is being kicked into the long grass' Dire warning from professor who led review in Northern Ireland News 29 Sep 2025
Reform without reflection is gambling with lives of vulnerable children In the first of an series looking at children’s social care in England, safeguarding consultant Amy Eyers warns of unintended consequences with the pace of change In focus 25 Sep 2025