For the 2026/2027 Payment Rates for NYC Foster Carers (including Kinship Carers, Short Break and Specialist Short Break Carers and Staying Put arrangements) to be increased by 3.4% (in line with the December 2025 rate of CPI).
To increase the Day Care rate to £10.17 per hour (to keep in line with 80% of the level of the National Living Wage being introduced in April 2026).