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The unofficial pre-general election campaign got under way
this week with both Labour and the Conservatives targeting specific groups,
suggesting that social care could have a more visible presence over the months
ahead. Read More...
In a cracking interpretation of redistribution of wealth, a
Church of England vicar has recommended shoplifting for those who are living in
poverty. Read More...
Could this really happen? There is a move to introduce a law
- or at least Whitehall has refused to rule one out, according the Daily
Telegraph - to ban parents from smoking in front of their children. Read More...
We hadn't heard much about marriage from the Tories until
David Cameron was interviewed by our old friends at the Daily Mail this week
and accused Labour of being "pathologically" opposed to supporting the institution.
Anyone would think...
Which is the best way to spend public money: by developing
treatments for dementia and cancer or in counselling couples at breaking point? Read More...
Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published some challenging
findings about the relationship between work and poverty. Read More...
I have heard the expression
"killing with kindness" but in Italy a mother has appeared in court accused of maltreating her son by mollycoddling . Read More...
It is Broken Britain week at Conservative Party HQ, with
shadow home secretary Chris Grayling attempting to remind us how bad things
have become. And he mentioned political correctness only once. Read More...
Dammit. We mention the words Tory and epiphany in the same sentence and up pop former leader Iain Duncan Smith and shadow home
secretary Chris Grayling to discredit the mega-brainpower of the Outside Left policy unit. Read More...
Social workers and care staff are more than familiar with
the vagaries of the Criminal Records Bureau. Read More...
Is the media starting to change its mind about social
workers? Read More...
As Budget day nears, politicians and groups such as Age
Concern and Help the Aged are pressing chancellor Alistair Darling to address
the issues that they hold dear. Read More...
It's Maundy Thursday, when the Queen traditionally hands out alms to
some of Britain's poor. This year, 166 pensioners in Bury St Edmonds,
Suffolk , are the beneficiaries. Read More...
The teenage pregnancy figures are out today and show a rise
for the first time since 2002 . Read More...
Prejudice against disabled people is seldom "up there" with
race and gender bias but the case of Cerrie Burnell shows that it should be. Read More...
One subject that seems to stir more passion than most is the
rights and wrongs of smoking. Separate debates on Community Care's CareSpace
discussion forum and The Guardian's Joe Public website bear this out. Read More...
Whatever one's views on British forces' involvement in the
government's overseas forays - or should that read "follies"? - the effects on
the personnel's bodies and minds are indisputable. Read More...
The Daily Mail called it "the day New Labour died" ; The
Guardian saw it as a "gamble" . Whichever you prefer, chancellor Alistair
Darling yesterday made clear his intention to protect those most in need during
this economic downturn...
It has been a productive week for retro-Tories. Read More...
Joseph Rowntree Foundation is doing an admirable job at
keeping child poverty on the social agenda. This week it released a report
showing the economic costs of allowing the UK's children to remain below the
poverty line. Read More...
One of Gordon Brown's most irritating soundbites is his
habitual homage to "hard-working British families". You wouldn't catch Peter
Mandelson trotting that one out. Read More...
You have to hand it to them; the Tories are in rampant mood as they make inroads into traditional Labour territory. Whether it concerns the emergence of an underclass (credit, Iain Duncan Smith ), families and inequality (credit, Michael Gove ) and our...