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Richard Humphries

@richardhumphries.bsky.social

Social care & health geek. Herefordshire & London. Author ‘Ending the Social Care Crisis - a new road to reform’. Wolves supporter.

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Richard Humphries@richardhumphries.bsky.social · last wk.

Coverage of #socialcare on #r4today this morning suggests little has been learnt from the failure of previous governments to tackle this issue. There is a better way. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2022/10/27/c...

Care: the work that makes all other work possible - Transforming Society

Richard Humphries addresses the current failures of the adult social care system in the United Kingdom. The government's focus on social and economic progress and its unwillingness to invest in social...

transformingsociety.co.uk

ADASS@adass.bsky.social · 2w ago

DASS, Stuart Cowley, explores why the future of adult social care reform depends on empowering communities, neighbourhoods and local systems to shape solutions reflecting local needs. Read his blog: www.adass.org.uk/why-the-future-of-social-care-depends-on-relationships-and-community-strength/

Why the future of social care depends on relationships and community strength - ADASS

Stuart Cowley, Director of Adult Social Care and Health at Wigan Council, explores why the future of adult social care reform depends on empowering communities, neighbourhoods and local systems to sha...

adass.org.uk

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's been 16 months since I left X, and I feel so much better for it. I hadn't realised just how big an impact the daily tsunami of hate, trolling, sealioning and strategic incomprehension was having on my state of mind. I cannot understand why anyone who values their mental health is still there.

Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Social care reform, immediately. Bon the commission, give task force 3 months to propose final recommendations building from Dilnot proposals, implement immediately with penny on basic and higher rates of income tax to pay for it. Immediately transforms local govt fortunes too…

Zoë Grünewald@zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Can we start compiling a list of every policy you'd like to see a new Labour leader make? Big or small, what would actually start to make the country feel better for people?

John Fugelsang@johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 4mo ago

55 yrs ago this week, 4/17/71, all 4 former Beatles had solo singles in the UK charts: Paul McCartney: "Another Day," Ringo Starr: "It Don’t Come Easy" John Lennon: "Power To The People" George Harrison: "My Sweet Lord" All 4 songs still sound great, 55 yrs later. Play 'em loud.

Richard Humphries@richardhumphries.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here’s the social justice argument for reversing the trend for social care spending to come increasingly from council tax not general taxation.

Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 5mo ago

The totality of direct taxes in the UK is progressive; the very richest pay more than five times more in income tax than the poorest. In contrast, Council Tax remains strongly regressive, absorbing only about 1 per cent of income at the very top, against nearly 5 per cent at the very bottom.

The chart drills into more detail about how the burden is shared, recording tax payments across the income spectrum in one recent year. Four things jump out. First, the totality of direct taxes is progressive. Second, the variation between the very top and the bottom is huge, even on average: around 12 per cent of what the poorest families have coming in goes out in Income Tax, National Insurance and Council Tax; for the very richest that figure is 31 per cent, more than three times higher. Third, the progressive work of the system is to some extent done by National Insurance, but much more particularly by Income Tax, a levy that the very richest pay more than five times more of than the poorest. Finally, and in sharp contrast to the general pattern, Council Tax is strongly regressive – absorbing only about 1 per cent of income at the very top, against nearly 5 per cent at the very bottom.