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      Labour Party conference 2008 coverage

      By Mithran Samuel on September 22, 2008 in Adults, Children, Social care leaders

      Community Care reported on the social care issues raised at the 2008 Labour Party conference, which took place in Manchester.

      Children’s services news

      Gordon Brown: Labour will legislate to end child poverty in 2020

      Beverley Hughes: Tories would cut children’s spending

      4Children and Counsel and Care call for intergenerational strategy

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      GMB and Unite: Many ex-Remploy staff not helped into jobs

      Alan Johnson makes top priority of adult care reform

      Jacqui Smith’s plan to crack down on prostitution splits opinion

      NHF attacks £1.35bn fuel penalty for prepayment fuel customers

      Johnson moots centralisation of adult social care

      Purnell tells Labour Party welfare reform savings will help needy

      Labour Party conference: Lewis says employers could fund care

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      Child poverty legislation may not make abolition more likely

      The future for the left, working time directive and taxing the rich

      Tales from the Labour fringe: Ivan Lewis, text messages and social care

       

       

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