Buenos días! Great piece by Adrian Romero RTVE Noticias Spanish state media on our new government’s challenges for the economy, health and immigration - interviewing Yael Selfin Lucinda Allen and me

Important work from Nina Hemmings Lucinda Allen and colleagues on social care pay this morning. Some shocking facts in the report about how poorly these vital roles are paid. They look at 5 options …

Once again, councils look to give the government cover to delay the cap on care costs. The cap was recommended by Dilnot in 2011, legislated for in 2014 and first set to be implemented in 2016.

Lucinda Allen Skills for Care Cyril Lobont The new govt must urgently address low pay by tackling illegal underpayment of wages & consulting the sector on a sector minimum wage & national pay scale. If they get this right, it's an opportunity to improve the lives of thousands of care workers & the quality of people’s care

Lucinda Allen Skills for Care Cyril Lobont This was a joint report - it's been a pleasure to work with coauthors Lucinda Allen Hugh Alderwick @RThorlby Hanan Burale Cyril Lobont Natasha Curry, alongside @rodneyortizriv Jon Cylus at European Observatory on Health Systems & Policies & our superstellar comms teams across both Nuffield Trust & The Health Foundation✨

Rachel Reeves says she will not take forward adult social care charging reform and the cap on care costs. During the election campaign Wes Streeting said Labour were committed to the cap. 1/3

What do Scotland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia and France have in common? They have, to date, taken more ambitious steps than England to improve care worker pay. My new long read follows up on recent report with Nina Hemmings Lucinda Allen The Health Foundation to take more of a look.

Great to attend today's The Work Foundation roundtable on the care workforce #LDConf. Clear consensus that the status quo is unsustainable – government must act to improve wages, conditions & training for care workers. More on the former in our recent report: health.org.uk/publications/n…

Celebrating the launch of the The Care Workers' Charity 💚 Care Worker Advisory Board today! Speaking at the launch event, the Minister for Care mostly focused on NHS reform but reiterated the government's commitment to a new Fair Pay Agreement in social care.

It's time that social care reform is seen as an investment rather than a cost. My full response to Health and Social Care Committee announcing a new inquiry into the cost of inaction on social care in the Times ⬇️

Lucinda Allen and Hiba Sameen The Health Foundation examine the impact of the Budget on adult social care – the good, the bad and the ugly. themj.co.uk/budget-left-ad… via The MJ