Blogs
Welfare reform bill live blog: child maintenance and social fund abolition - Lords live discussion
More impassioned debate is anticpated in the Lords today as peers discuss government proposals to charge parents to use the Child Support Agency
Local government pensions: debate is not over just yet
Like many UNISON activists I have been trying to assess over the holiday the joint agreement on principles and timetable for discussions on the future of the local government pension scheme in England and Wales. This week I have been distributing this...
Blog U.: Media, Government and Universities: And the prize goes to . . . - The World View - Inside
The department of journalism at the public National University of La Plata (UNLP) has presented a controversial award to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, spotlighting the close ties between politics and journalism advocated by university authorities who are in sync with the national government.
What do you want to ask Ken Livingstone? | Politics | The Guardian
The London mayoral contender is back in the game and we are interviewing him on Wednesday. Send us your questions now
Welfare reform bill - household benefit cap live discussion | Society | guardian.co.uk
Government faces further controversy as Lords prepare to debate proposed £26,000 family benefit cap
A pay rise out of poverty
By Helga Pile, Unison's national officer for social careSocial care staff are struggling to make ends meet right now; frozen pay, government cuts and rising inflation have seen to that. This is why our 2012-13 claim to the National Joint Council...
Goodbye
For reasons that I can’t go into, I am having to close this site for a while.
Choice, Control and Obfuscation – How the Personalisation Dream is Dying
In the bold move towards a transformation in adult social care, it feels from where I sit, that control has completely overtaken any pretence of ‘choice’ in the so-called move towards more idealised ‘person-centred’ care and support planning.
Remembering 11th September and the aftermath
I don’t have any grand or notable memories from 11th September 2001.
Interviews and Ideas
Please forgive the blatant self-promotion in this post but it’s Friday and I’m feeling a like I have a bit of a cold coming so I’m less ‘perky’ than usual.
