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11 April 2026
Who cares? The Political Economy of Care
Join us at our next coffee with politics morning
11 April - 10.00-12.30
VENUE - Cornerstone Community Centre
Booking essential
Britain’s care system promotes modern slavery for poorly paid migrant care workers
MPs call on welfare bosses to speed up redress over unpaid carers’ allowance scandal
Charity watchdog opens inquiry into running of care home for vulnerable adults
Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data
These four headlines from last month’s Guardian tell a sorry story. The UK faces a growing adult social care crisis, with demand increasing due to an ageing population and a decline in unpaid care. The current cost of care is £24–25bn, projected to rise to £40–45bn by the mid-2040s. In Brighton & Hove, we spend £136m on adult care a year, with a workforce of about 7,600 people.
Our speakers will help us delve into to the politics of care in the UK and consider how we might get out of the present horrid mess.
Speaker: Kate Bayliss, SOAS political economist
Kate will speak about her research into the financialization of care in the UK through the subcontracting of care to providers owned by hedge funds and private equity firms.
Speaker: Brian Fisher, Director of The Health Creation Alliance
Brian will tell us about a broad-based campaign that he helps lead and that argues for a National Care Service to get the market out of social care and make support free at the point of use.
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Click here to see meeting notes from previous Coffee Mornings - including Countering the Far Right, The Political Economics of the Food System, Progressive Politics - What's Next?, Poverty, Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation, The Economy, The Environment, and more.
Local Government Reorganisation in Progress
Get involved in Sussex Campaigning
Compass groups in Sussex will be organising around local government reorganisation and the mayoral elections, working to achieve a progressive win and campaigning for a positive programme for this new tier of government. Would you be interested in joining a Sussex-wide group of Compass supporters to work towards a progressive mayoralty? If so, we would love to hear from you - please email brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk and we'll be in touch.
Coming Events - Coffee with Politics Mornings
23 May 2026 Another Fine Mess - Digesting May Elections
25 July 2026 A Vision for Sussex
About Brighton and Hove Compass
Nationally and locally, Compass campaigns for the good society, one that is more equal, democratic, and sustainable. We believe that no single organisation or political party can create the good society. And that the main progressive parties have far more in common than differences. So, we need to develop new and radical collaborations to achieve a good society.
Brighton and Hove is an amazing creative and progressive place with a vibrant artistic, community and voluntary sector. A city with an great track record of campaigning that remains as alive as ever with Pride, Black Lives Matter and others. And we are fortunate to have a council with a progressive majority. But our city is also a place where wealth and extreme poverty, poor housing, low paid and seasonal work, and homelessness sit side by side so, when we re-launched our local Compass group in 2020, our priority was to support Brighton build back better after the pandemic. However, our local collaboration can only achieve so much without changing Britain’s centralised, short term and tribal political system. We believe that there are three key elements getting in the way:
- Our unfair electoral system
- Our tribal politics
- Our over centralised national and local political systems
We are exploring ideas, discussing issues and planning strategies. We do this at our bi-monthly coffee mornings and other events in Brighton and Hove.
B&H Compass needs your input
Over the coming 2-3 years, B&H Compass will be holding campaigning actions and conversations around the broad theme of democracy and power. Watch this space for more, or contact us on brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk if you have ideas or would like to get involved.
Brighton and Hove Compass is coordinated by a volunteer steering group of seven.
Join Compass here https://action.compassonline.org.uk/. And email us locally at brightonhove@compassonline.org.uk
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