Wed.Oct 30, 2024

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£600m for social care ‘risks being swallowed by wage and employer tax rises’, warn sector leaders

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The £600m for social care announced in today’s Budget risks being swallowed up by wage and employer tax increases, leaving little or nothing to address spending pressures, sector leaders have warned. Both council and adult care provider bodies sounded the alarm over the impact of next year’s 6.7% rise in the national living wage (NLW) – which will benefit many thousands of

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Carers’ earnings limit to rise by £45 a week after allowance scandal

The Guardian

Guardian investigation revealed scale of penalties for unwitting breaches of carer’s allowance earnings limits Budget 2024: key points at a glance The earnings limit placed on people who claim government support for taking care of disabled, sick and elderly loved ones will rise by £45 a week, the chancellor has announced, after a six-month Guardian investigation into the carer’s allowance scandal.

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£600m boost for social care next year announced in Budget

Community Care

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Social care services will receive an extra £600m at least in government grant funding next year, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in today’s Budget. The package was part of a settlement for local authorities in England that will see their available budgets rise by an estimated 3.2% in real terms in 2025-26, compared with this year.

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#CASAsoWhite: Our annual Halloween reminder to CASA: No, it’s not a good idea to raise money by holding a talent show with a blackface act. (And yes, one CASA chapter actually did that.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

We suggest that the National office for the Court-Appointed Special Advocates program use this item from The Daily Show as a training video In 2018, r esponding to former Today Show anchor Megyn Kelly’s appalling attempt to justify blackface, (for which she has apologized) her colleague Craig Melvin noted that, as a CNN story put it, “this controversy is an opportunity to inform people — but [Melvin] said most people already knew how offensive blackface is.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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NCCPR news and commentary roundup, week ending Oct. 29

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● At long last, the United States has officially apologized for 150 years of trying to use “child welfare” and children’s “best interests” to eradicate Native America. You can watch President Biden issue the apology here. ● The Imprint has the reaction of tribal leaders, who praised the apology but noted that the words must be followed by action. The story cites, among others, Jonathan W.