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9 Jan 2012:
Service provider charities censoring their public remarks for fear of funding reprisals, warns Independence Panel
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6 Jan 2012: Mayor of London says Disability Living Allowance proposals could push disadvantaged group into deeper poverty
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19 Dec 2011: The case of Sue Marsh, whose application for Disability Living Allowance was rejected despite having a debilitating disease, has highlighted the dangers of the Coalition's welfare reforms
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13 Dec 2011:
Westminster's proposed 'civic contract' foreshadows increasing social inequality in the capital and sends out a clear message: 'If you can't afford to live here, don't expect to live here'
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9 Dec 2011:
Hundreds of homeless people travelled on London's bendy buses at night, finding a safe haven and a place to sleep. But now the buses have been withdrawn, where will they all go?
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7 Dec 2011: Local authorities will shed up to a third of their workforce over the next two years as they grapple with huge budget cuts. Shrinking wage packets await staff whose jobs survive.
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5 Dec 2011: Recession and spending cuts have already caused a spike in youth homelessness. Imminent welfare reforms could trigger a 1980's-style explosion in rough sleeping, a report warns.
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2 Dec 2011:
High unemployment, social scars and neglect by Westminster lead to breakaway stirrings in the region's public sector
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1 Dec 2011: Warning over incomes in the aftermath of the strikes
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30 Nov 2011: Blogger Redundant Public Servant lost his job last year. He found another one. Now that job is at risk too. In this guest post he reflects on a gloomy year for public services
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29 Nov 2011:
The Office for Budgetary Responsibility now reckons 710,000 public service jobs - not 410,000 - will go over the next five years. Why has it changed its mind (again)?
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