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  • [New] With the Commission holding an end date of 2028, and the repetition of the long-term 'National Care Service' in every social care press release, social care may be the slowest moving sector in politics. Vuelio -
  • [New] The FCA plans to work with consumer groups, insurers and trade bodies to increase home contents insurance uptake among social renters, and to also focus on travel insurance underwriting decisions for consumers with pre-existing mental health conditions. Debevoise
  • OpenAI warns that as AI automates more work, the wage and payroll tax revenue that funds Social Security, Medicaid, SNAP, and housing assistance could collapse. Fortune
  • If informal care costs for people with AD dementia were included, baseline projected costs could increase to £3010 billion by 2040 (including £296 billion in health and social care costs and £237 billion in informal care costs for people with AD dementia). PubMed Central (PMC)
  • By 2070, the state pension, adult social care and healthcare costs will account for almost half of government spending, compared to a third in 2020. Onward
  • Social care visas will close to new applications from outside the UK. International Comparative Legal Guides International Business Reports
  • Waste management work is reported to provide income and employment opportunities for marginalised social groups in various countries, including Ghana, Nigeria and Brazil. Nature
  • LinkedIn Social Impact's Future of Work Fund seeks to ensure young adults are not locked out of opportunity as AI reshapes hiring, skills demand, and early-career pathways. Impact Funding
  • The Department of Health and Social Care has had to retract a misleading claim that sunbeds are as dangerous a cancer risk as smoking. The Guardian
  • Recruitment has been industrialized through social media platforms, such as Telegram, TikTok, and Discord, where mule roles are advertised as flexible remote work opportunities. SOCRadar Cyber Intelligence Inc.
  • Training needs could further be supplemented by establishing a social care career pathway, which currently is missing in the UK. PubMed Central (PMC)
  • An ageing population will sharply increase demand for health and social care, with the social-care sector alone likely to require close to half a million additional workers over the next decade. Tony Blair Institute
  • The adult social care system is likely to need almost 440,000 more care workers by 2035. BBC News

Last updated: 07 May 2026


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