This week's issue contains three featured articles, covering subjects such as the budget; children's services and mental health.

First up, we have a two part feature on the budget. As Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling reveal their spending plans, the IPPR considers what a more favourable budget for social care might mean for England, in "If only Brown would wave a magic wand", this lead into part two, and Nina Jacobs look at the reality of a tight spending settlement for social care in Wales, in "A lean and mean budget"

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