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When I nipped out for a loaf of bread and some pasta from Waitrose at the weekend, I hadn't expected to be left with such a horrid taste in my mouth. This had nothing to do with the food, but everything to do with the terribly polite teenager who offered to pack my shopping.

An interesting piece of research has been published by charity Action for Children, which shows a quarter of 1,000 people surveyed had been worried that a child they knew was being neglected. But 38% had not reported their concerns to anyone. Worrying, considering neglect cases account for 45% of children of abuse cases between 2007-2008.

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2009/02/25/110782/action-for-children-warns-of-public-confusion-over-neglect.html

by Bronagh Miskelly

Young people in the UK have, admittedly unknowingly, been subject to a tidal wave of children's policy over their lifetimes. The funding and initiatives intended to help them grow up are barely established before they are reversed, with plan often lasting only a few years.

By Mike McNabb

Two-thirds of people say they would rather die at home than in hospital but a lack of funding may make this a forlorn hope for many.

by Natalie Valios
It’s not often I’m in agreement with MPs, but I can’t believe there are many who would disagree with their calls for the coroner to scrap the inquest into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed. As the bill to taxpayers currently stands at an estimated £6m it’s not hard to see why the inquest has been called an “abuse of law” and a “scandalous waste of public money”, particularly in the light of Mohamed Al Fayed’s laughable claims in court this week.

by Adam McCulloch

Daniel Finkelstein in The Times has come up with a plan to raise £1bn for charity every year.