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Find out what happened last week in the Scottish Parliament

Ahead of the BASW Annual General (members') Meeting and pre-event on 15 September, we are releasing weekly updates on our key priorities under the banner 'What We Stand For'.

The Austerity Action Group (AAG) has instigated a new Remuneration Campaign to change the arcane tax rules and complex benefits regulations that make it difficult for charities, local government, universities, and other providers to remunerate people who want to help shape and improve services.

Kerri Prince, Public and Political Affairs Lead for BASW UK, provides members with an update

BASW are shocked and saddened by the findings of the Independent Review report into the tragic circumstances that took place at Cawston Park Hospital which distressingly mirror the neglectful and abusive services that people and families experienced at Winterbourne View Hospital, and more recently at Whorlton Hall in Durham

​​​​​​​Social workers must challenge the Government’s plan to cut Universal Credit, says BASW member Jon Dudley.

​​​​​​​BASW chair Gerry Nosowska on how BASW England is speaking up for social work as the Health and Care Bill progresses through Parliament.

Survey for children's social workers: Data, analytics, and co-design

Government must ensure this move is at least the start of meeting the scale and urgency of the crisis facing social care across the UK.

Social care bodies come together to pay tribute to workforce.