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Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced that 900,000 public sector workers are to get an above inflation pay rise.

Joint BASW and SCIE press release

BASW welcomes the announcement from the Westminster government today that the part-privatised probation service in England and Wales would be fully ‘renationalised’ after research and experience on the ground showed spectacular failures.

Increased referrals will put services under pressure

BASW Chair Gerry Nosowska joins BASW CEO Ruth Allen for Ruth's latest vlog update

Official figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics showed the deaths of ten social workers, and an additional two social services managers, involved Covid-19 between 9 March and 20 April.

We have now received responses to letters sent to both Clara Swinson (Director General for Public and Global Health and DHSC) and Yvonne Doyle (Medical Director for Public Health England).

Lock-down and social distancing have shown to have the potential to exacerbate domestic abuse and situations which were already high risk.

BASW responds to the Westminster Government’s announcement to ease some lockdown measures.

BASW England highlight the ongoing concerns being raised by social workers including shortage of PPE and ask for clearer understanding of people's vulnerability to Covid-19 including why BAME health and care workers are disproportionately affected