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  • Crime is down, brilliant news. Well done, everybody

    by Adam McCulloch The reduction in crime in the UK is fantastic news and reflects well on the government, police, social workers, probation officers and, yes, car manufacturers (the days of the 'pooled' Ford Fiesta are well and truly in the past it seems). We should also show due respect to garden...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-18-2008

  • Ray Lewis: any regrets?

    by Adam McCulloch Ray Lewis had to go, didn't he? The deputy London mayor for youth turned out to have had a chequered history in the Church of England, resulting in him being barred from any further posts in that institution. But his resignation is a blow, I believe, in the fight against youth crime...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008

  • Michael Heseltine's drug's strategy: hit the Chelsea party set!

    by Adam McCulloch On last night's Question Time (BBC1) Michael Heseltine, in answer to a question on the government's cannabis u-turn, put the surprising view that any successful drugs strategy should “start at the top”. He singled out the “Chelsea party set” as particularly culpable when it...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-09-2008

  • Ed Balls and Jack Straw show they care

    by Adam McCulloch Who says the government doesn’t feel passionate about social care issues? Apparently justice secretary Jack Straw recently threatened to punch education secretary Ed Balls after being spoken to rudely during a discussion about youth justice policy. It is also said the two clashed during...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-09-2008

  • Immigration: House of Lords inflames the arms race!

    by Adam McCulloch Pass the immigration ammunition! The House of Lords economic affairs committee has distributed an arms dump-worth of arguments to all comers. The Daily Mail is crowing, UKIP salivating and Migration Watch throwing street parties in Tunbridge Wells. The Lib Dems and Conservatives, meanwhile...
    Posted to The Social Work Blog (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-02-2008
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