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The #covidinquiry is back with live hearings next week. Here's witness schedule. A lot of v interesting impact evidence, focus on long Covid on Tues/Wed and then on Thursday looks like we start to get into impact of pandemic on non-Covid treatment (i.e. huge NHS waiting lists).

Your voice, your BBC News. - how to contact us and tell us the issues that really matter to you. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Budget 2024: Minimum wage to rise to £12.21 an hour next year. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Budget starts shortly - coverage across BBC News (UK) online, TV and radio. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp9z…

Budget 24: Rachel Reeves says weekly earnings limit for Carer's Allowance will be increased - allowing #carers to earn up to £10,000 a year without losing the allowance. Says will also look at the cliff edge which means people lose all the allowance when pass earnings limit.

#Budget24 : the chancellor says there will be a real terms increase in funding for #councils - with £1.3b additional money for essential services. That would include at least £600m for social care. Also £230m for homelessness and rough sleeping.

Lots of concern being voiced by care home and home care companies about the impact of employer tax rises on their survival. #Budget24 #socialcare bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I'm in court for the second day of the trial over the death of Alice Figueiredo at Goodmayes Hospital in east London. It is only the second time a corporate manslaughter charge has been brought against an NHS Trust

So I’ve never written a story about myself. But I broke the rule to show how, despite warm words about change, police still fail women reporting sexually motivated crimes. Here’s my story of the 2 yr battle to get my offender convicted. TLDR: Don’t give up bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Why big institutions still fail to protect children: a look at the culture changes needed to ensure children are listened to. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Social care: Talks within government "have so far failed to decide even whether to hold another review of the system" - the behind-closed-doors tussles in Westminster from Laura Kuenssberg bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'Exploitative' profits by large children's home companies to be curbed. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The learning disability charity Mencap is warning it may have to stop running at least 60 of its services as a result of increased national insurance costs. One of growing number of care organisations warning of the financial pressures. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

There was a remarkable bond between Alex & her late son Declan - it was wonderful to see them together. They had to fight to get the help Dec needed even in his last months. Now Alex is finishing his bucket list, & trying to bring about change Adam Eley bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Plans for future funding of adult social care unlikely to be ready before 2028, according to government. It's announcing a Commission to be led by Baroness Louise Casey to build consensus around ideas for the future. #socialcare bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

For 18 months, Jessie was stuck in a hospital bed. She says she was desperate to leave, but finding her a suitable care home was difficult Alison Holt and I followed her story, as her NHS trust took High Court action against her to have her evicted bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I've spent the last few months going backwards and forwards to South Yorkshire to take a fascinating look at what the future of the NHS might look like, and where the care system fits into that. It's for BBC Panorama BBC1 8pm tonight or on BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fixing the NHS: What Will It Take?    On BBC iPlayer now and BBC One at 8pm in England and 10.40pm in Northern Ireland   bbc.in/4hASVAM

'The Truth about Baby Food Pouches' For Panorama, Catrin Nye, Oliver Englehart and I report on how some baby food in plastic pouches is worryingly low in essential vitamins and minerals, while others contain more sugar than the NHS recommends for infants bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Struggling care providers say international recruitment is propping up the #care system that supports older and disabled people in the community. They describe the crackdown on overseas workers as 'short-sighted.' The govt wants more UK people recruited. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…