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23 September 2020
Liverpool Council must save care homes
Politicians, speaking at the protest to stop the closure of two care homes in Liverpool, made false promises to silence families and lessen anger on 21 September.
5 August 2020
From first wave to second? Capitalism's Covid failures
Boris Johnson's easing of lockdown appears to have hit its limits. Where now?
8 July 2020
Johnson blames care workers for deaths
Boris Johnson has tried to shift the blame for the scandal of mass Covid-19 deaths in care homes.
8 July 2020
No going back: Nationalise social care!
The anarchy of free-market capitalism has been brutally exposed to millions through its inability to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in the richest countries on the planet.
9 June 2020
Coronavirus pandemic news in brief
"There is no privatisation of the NHS on my watch", said serial bullshitter health secretary Matt Hancock in January
25 May 2020
Care home workers suffer PPE shortage and job loss fears
My neighbour contacted me the other night. She is a care worker at a home for the elderly. She had seen the Socialist Party posters on my fence
11 May 2020
Leicester care workers face pay cut and worse conditions
Care home workers in Leicestershire are to be rewarded for their courage and sacrifice during this crisis with a pay cut and worsening conditions of service, writes Heather Rawling, Unison union member (personal capacity).
21 April 2020
Care homes coronavirus scandal: blood on their hands
There is growing anger at the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. 400,000 people living in care homes have been abandoned - surrendered to the virus.
25 March 2020
Social care: "Not good enough by miles"
Boris Johnson has said that non-urgent operations will be cancelled, and people already in hospital sent home, to free up 30,000 general and acute beds in the NHS to accommodate coronavirus patients. According to Johnson, they will be released into the care of "community health providers".
31 May 2017
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Vote Corbyn; Manchester bombing witnesses; Clarke v Corbyn; dementia tax.
3 May 2017
Beyond the crisis point: saving social care
It is not difficult to see why the chair of the National Care Association says "we are now beyond the crisis point"
19 April 2017
900 carers quit a day - nationalise social care now
Over 900 carers quit every day last year in England
8 March 2017
Bradford: Anti-cuts lobby against poor-bashing budget
Bradford Socialist Party members were in attendance along with other activists at the lobby of the council on 23 February outside Bradford city hall. Some Labour councillors came and talked to us as we attempted to persuade them to set a no-cuts budget.
1 March 2017
Fighting for liberation and socialism: Women are on the move - against Donald Trump in the US, and attacks on reproductive rights in Ireland and Poland
7 December 2016
Workers can fight Uber-style care
A new, Uber-style care service has been launched in Britain.
16 November 2016
Cumbria: Stop axing care home places
Carlisle Socialist Party members handed in a 1,500-signature petition on 9 November demanding that Cumbria County Council scrap its plan to halve the number of care home places.
19 October 2016
Councils and unions must combat the cuts: Over the past six years, the number of care homes has fallen by 1,500 to 16,600. Home care providers are not renewing council contracts. The number of elderly people receiving social care from their local council declined by a staggering 26% between 2010 and 2015.
12 October 2016
Fight to save care homes in Carlisle
Cumbria County Council is planning to close three care homes and replace them with another building which only has 60 beds instead of the current 117. Another four homes will be closed in West Cumbria. Only those suffering from dementia and the most complex needs will get a place. But what about respite care? What about family carers?
27 April 2016
Southampton Labour council faces crisis as cuts hit city
Despite growing anger at further cuts and continued austerity, Southampton Labour council's failure to mount any resistance to the cuts has put its majority in jeopardy.
11 March 2015
Southampton care homes protest: Residents' carers, workers and supporters gathered in Shirley precinct in Southampton on 7 March to rally support for Woodside Lodge and other day services and care homes under threat from the Labour council
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