A general election is coming. When it will be, no one is quite sure, but what we do know is what needs to change to improve situations for social workers and the people who use social work services. This is the focus of this episode of Let’s Talk Social Work as Andy McClenaghan and guests discuss the asks outlined in the British Association of Social Workers 2024 General Election Manifesto.

Joining Andy are Kerri Prince, BASW’s Public and Political Affairs Lead, and Martin Sexton, outgoing Chair of BASW’s Policy Ethics and Human Rights Committee.

The conversation centres around the five manifesto asks BASW is prioritising. They are:

• Scrap the two-child limit and benefit cap
• Repeal the 2023 Illegal Migration Act
• Increase the non-taxable mileage rate allowance to 60p a mile
• The need for a new mental health Act
• The reform of social work student bursaries

There are forty asks in total in the manifesto. You can read them all here.

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