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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Sector leader
Paul Kelly
Health and social care spokesman, Cosla
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 24 Nov 2025
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Paul Kelly: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Health and social care spokesman, Cosla
- Quoted on
- Adult social care & reform
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 2 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 24 Nov 2025
04 The signal · where Paul Kelly sits on adult social care & reform
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on adult social care & reform.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care EnglandLeading
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading
Jane TownsonSector leaderChief Executive, Homecare AssociationLeading- Mark TurnerSector leaderHead of social care, Unison CymruRegularly cited
- Camille OungSector leaderFellow, Nuffield TrustRegularly cited
- Paul KellySector leaderHealth and social care spokesman, CoslaRegularly cited
Kate HamblinAcademicprofessor of social policy at the University of Sheffield and director of the centre for careRegularly cited- Amerdeep ClarkeSector leaderLocal Government and Social Care OmbudsmanRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Paul Kelly has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- news.stv.tv
- careappointments.com
Where Paul Kelly has been quoted
- Serious concerns over plans to move social care under NHS control - councilsnews.stv.tv · 2 Oct 2026
- Budget will force councils to make 'impossible choices', says Coslanews.stv.tv · 22 Jan 2026
- Report calls for ‘unfair’ social care charges in Scotland to be scrapped – Care Appointmentscareappointments.com · 24 Nov 2025
How we found the articles that name Paul Kelly: we searched news for these terms.
- adult social care
- social care reform
- social care funding
- Casey Commission
- care cap
- Dilnot
- charging reform
- Care Act
Also searched with “adult social care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Adult social care & reform
Verbatim
“A proposal to incorporate social care into a large health infrastructure could risk medicalising disability, care and support, instead of building on progress towards independent living.”
“The Scottish Budget - which Cosla leaders agree is very poor - undermines the foundations of a fair and sustainable care system and risks reversing progress toward a model that truly meets people's needs.”
“I will continue to lobby for social care services to ensure the services we operate, and commission, are sustainable now and into the future.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- Head of major review warns “no one is in charge” of social careHome Care Insight
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.