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The British Association of Social Workers strongly condemns the comments made by Home Secretary, Suella Braverman MP on 26 September 2023 which were that anti-gay discrimination is not a qualification for asylum.

BASW England and SASW recently wrote to the UK Chancellor urging him to deliver a ‘fair and reasonable’ increase in the non-taxable mileage allowance rate for social workers and social care staff.

The delay ignores everyday crisis situations that face many of the most vulnerable people and their families.

This development highlights the alarming consequences of government policy on austerity

Shock and much sadness following tragic loss of social worker Sarah Fensom

A quick first look at the Scottish Government's new Programme for Government and what has been set out for the year ahead.

BASW UK has expressed concern about the impact of repeated absence of children from school as statistics from the Department for Education (DfE)

A recent UK Government cabinet ‘mini reshuffle’ has led to David Johnston MP being appointed as the fifth Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing in only two years.

This past week, The Herald featured a report by One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) which brings attention to how the social security system acts against family reunification.

While we entirely agree with many of the issues and recommendations highlighted in the report, we were dismayed by the framing in the Herald article which over-simplified the relationship between poverty and the difficult, yet vital, decisions about safety and risk that professionals must sometimes make with families.

BASW has joined with 30 health and social care organisations from across the UK to call for an Essentials Guarantee to address the serious risks the cost-of-living crisis is posing to people’s mental and physical health.