Laura Sbaffi provides a summary of the discussion among participants of the Eurocarers Policy Working Group regarding the concerns of unpaid carers about long-term care systems relying on migrant care workers.
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Pathways to Work or Pathways to Poverty? The Risks of Welfare Reform for Disabled People and Carers
Centre for Care Researchers Lucy Wood and Becky Driscoll analyse the recent policy discussions around welfare reform in the UK, exploring at the Universal Credit Bill and the Pathways to Work Green Paper published in March 2025.
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From the Vatican to Workforce Change: Reflections on Global Ageing, Dignity and the Care Economy
Professor Shereen Hussein reflects on attending the Symposium on Global Ageing, emphasising the need for equitable and sustainable care systems.
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Professor Nathan Hughes responds to the UK Government’s 2025 Spending Review in relation to children’s social care.
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Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending Review
The Centre for Care team respond to last week’s 2025 UK government Spending Review.
Read more about Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending ReviewIn recent research carried out at the University of Sheffield, we explored whether children who had a social worker or were in care experienced worse outcomes in the criminal justice system than other children.
Read more about Supporting Vulnerable Children in the UK Care SystemFor National Children’s Day (UK), Becky Driscoll discusses our research in collaboration with Kinship, highlighting the need to provide further support to kinship carers.
Read more about Time to value kinship carersCentre for Care’s response to House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee inquiry.
Read more about Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of InactionCharlie Grosset explores the recent UK welfare reforms focusing on the emotional, social and financial impact on disabled people.
Read more about Overview of welfare reformsPositive change for paid care workers – what, how, and when?
Duncan Fisher convened two meetings in autumn 2024 with a group of paid care workers to bring together their views on what they want to see change in their work situation.
Read more about Positive change for paid care workers – what, how, and when?Developing a National Care Service: Learning from Scotland’s experience
Emily Burn and Catherine Needham reflect on their previous research with the Local Government Information Unit on Scotland’s proposed National Care Service and outline four areas of key learning for the Government in Westminster.
Read more about Developing a National Care Service: Learning from Scotland’s experienceA powerful insight into the difficult transitions this author has faced, navigating life as a Young Adult carer.
Read more about Navigating Life as a Young Adult carerRead this new study by the Centre for Care team researching inequalities in care.
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