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The under-representation of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds in senior social care management positions came under the spotlight at the National Children's and Adult Services conference today.

"The lack of diversity in the senior echelons of social care management is really striking, especially at events like this," said Dyllis Faife, programme director for personalisation and transformation for adult social care in the east of England.

by Keith Hassell

A cutting edge piece of theatre about youth gangs, teenage knife crime, attempted rape and murder is very timely given the spate of killings on our streets in recent months. I was lucky enough to catch it before it ended its London run last week.

by Mike McNabb

If Nero fiddled while Rome burned, one wonders what form of inaction the old emperor would have taken in Naples in the past week.

by Adam McCulloch

There are reports this morning that there has been an outbreak of, as one MP puts it, “lily-liveredness” in schools concerning an anti-forced marriage government poster (pictured).
Some headteachers are concerned that the poster will offend parents, perhaps because forced marriage is associated with particular ethnic groups who may already feel under pressure on other issues.

by Adam McCulloch

"It makes you sad because it's not your country any more. You feel, or should I say I feel, that I shouldn't be here any more. You don't feel as though you belong in the English country any more."