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• Child poverty legislation may not make abolition more likely

  By Mithran Samuel Prime minister Gordon Brown today promised to legislate to end child poverty by 2020 , a move which has been warmly welcomed by children's charities. But what will this mean in practice? Read More... Posted Sep 23 2008, 06:50 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Mithran Samuel, child poverty, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Labour, Tory, George Osborne, fuel poverty

• Behold the conquering social reformer

  By Bronagh Miskelly David Cameron has plans to change your jobs and your lives. In the publicity for a new biography of Conservative party leader we learn that he plans to be "as radical a social reformer as Mrs Thatcher was an economic reformer"... Posted Aug 18 2008, 06:14 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Politics, social workers, David Cameron, Bronagh Miskelly, Conservative Pary, social reform

• Cameron gets Tories back to basics

  by Mike McNabb Just when we thought that David Cameron had broken with tradition he does us all a favour and reverts to Tory type. Read More... Posted May 21 2008, 12:04 PM by The Social Work Blog Filed under: Mike McNabb, families, Equality, Conservative Party, Iain Duncan Smith, David Cameron