The scramble to replace Angela Rayner as deputy leader of the Labour party is well under way. Apparently, it's inevitable the role will go to a candidate with similar claims to Rayner in terms of that much-vaunted quality, authenticity. Whether Bridget Phillipson or Lucy Powell, the next deputy leader will also be a woman from a working-class family from the north of England.
I think we're finding on the ground that people are coming towards us, partly because they like what we're saying on things like the NHS and social care. We're the only party pressing Labour for a solution on social care, but they also like our community politics, where we're actually on the doors talking to people, listening to them and then responding to their issues. Whether it's something in their local road or something in their borough.
Despite spending more on psychiatric services and prescribing psychiatric medications at a higher rate than almost any other nation, mental health in the United States over the last two decades has only been getting worse.
The social care sector faces 130,000 vacancies, requiring 540,000 new care workers by 2040 due to an ageing population and chronic undervaluation of workers.
The motion to rescind the climate emergency declaration in Durham has been condemned as a very dark day for the authority. The council has shifted its focus to a County Durham care emergency instead.
The economic costs of inaction in social care are significant, affecting individuals' ability to work and participate in the economy, thus impacting potential tax revenues.
Hugh Kirsch's case exemplifies the detrimental effects of inadequate social care funding, leading to fears of eviction and exploitation faced by vulnerable individuals.
