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  • [New] 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
  • [New] 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)
  • [New] 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
  • [New] Social care visas will close to new applications from outside the UK. International Comparative Legal Guides International Business Reports
  • [New] Waste management work is reported to provide income and employment opportunities for marginalised social groups in various countries, including Ghana, Nigeria and Brazil. Nature
  • [New] 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
  • [New] 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
  • Trump's threats of war, from Venezuela to Iran and even Greenland, expose the priorities of the ruling class: limitless resources for militarism and repression, austerity for health care and all social needs. World Socialist Web Site
  • Digitising NHS and adult social care services across the UK will require an estimated £21bn over the next five years. Digital Health
  • By 2040, the journey of contactless medical radar from a niche medical technology to a globally integrated social artifact is not just a story of engineering it is a story of human reconciliation with invisible care. Health Wellness Revolution

Last updated: 16 April 2026


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