Policy
US and UK failing to monitor flood of arms into Iraq, Amnesty warns
Many weapons reaching al-Qaida insurgents · Report urges treaty to halt trade to Darfur and Burma
Richard Norton-Taylor, Wednesday September 17 2008, The Guardian.
Government accused of underestimating homelessness problem
Sara Gaines, Monday September 15 2008, Society Guardian.
Child poverty targets could be met 'in months'... and without extra taxes
New report proposes diverting family credits to the very neediest.
Jane Merrick and Emily Dugan, Sunday 14 September 2008, The Independent.
Data standards for social care records due to be approved
Mithran Samuel, Friday 12 September 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
LGA proposes single budgets for older and disabled people
Louise Hunt, Friday 12 September 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
Why are the police allowed to be a law unto themselves?
The problem is that we have no clue what the force is up to, and no mechanism to find out
Matthew Norman, Thursday, 11 September 2008, The Independent.
Harman tones down speech to TUC on class divide
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent, Thursday September 11 2008, The Guardian,
New British homes the smallest in Europe
Robert Booth, Thursday September 11 2008, The Guardian.
Findings of a study on the supply of services to the disabled [sic.]
Melanie Henwood, independent social care consultant, reviews the findings of a study that will inform the government's aim of equality for disabled people by 2025
Melanie Henwood, Wednesday 10 September 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
Our mission isn't everything
Craig Dearden-Phillips, Wednesday September 10 2008, The Guardian.
Labour bid to work with Jeremy Kyle
Government in talks with ITV on controversial host
Jamie Doward, home affairs editor, Sunday September 7 2008, The Observer [you really have to read this article].
New blow to Brown's plan to extract more cash from energy firms to help fuel-poor
Patrick Wintour, political editor, Thursday September 4 2008, The Guardian.
Fraud case judge attacks 'targets culture'
Melvyn Howe, Thursday August 21 2008, The Guardian.
'Snooper's charter' to check texts and emails
Hundreds of public bodies to access personal details - Home Office measure driven by EU directive
Alan Travis, home affairs editor, Wednesday August 13 2008, The Guardian.
Select committee calls for drive to make homes energy efficient
Daniel Lombard, Monday 28 July 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
Asylum seeker and refugee destitution has doubled, says trust
Martin Wainwright, Thursday July 24, 2008, The Guardian.
Met keeps crime stats under lock and key
The UK is one of the most watched societies in the world, yet the police are loath to release crime data
Heather Brooke, Thursday July 17, 2008, The Guardian.
The only change in social work is steady deterioration
Alison Napier, Wednesday July 16, 2008, The Guardian.
Misplaced faith in social enterprise
David Walker, Wednesday July 16, 2008, The Guardian.
Group 4 backup for emergency services
Jamie Doward, home affairs editor, Sunday July 13, 2008, The Observer.
Health ministers stunned by embryo bill delay
Nicholas Watt and Allegra Stratton, Friday July 11, 2008, The Guardian.
Tax and policy? You're lucky to have parking tickets and bin bags
Britain's local democratic deficit is the starkest variance between our politics and that of other western states
Simon Jenkins, Friday July 11, 2008, The Guardian.
Charities 'should be subject to human rights'
Staff and agencies, Wednesday July 9, 2008, guardian.co.uk. ★★★★★
Too much of a good thing?
With the debate about the role of charities as heated as ever, it's time we stood back and asked service users what's best for them
Tony Wright, Wednesday July 9, 2008, The Guardian. ★★★★★
This prison is unsafe
Eric Allison, July 7, 2008, Guardian Blogs.
£128m paid out in bonuses to civil servants across Whitehall
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent, Monday July 7, 2008, The Guardian.
More efficiency is a waste of time
Trust in the public sector is being eroded by the assertion that it is bloated, and must be cut back. Whose side is the government on, asks David Walker
Friday July 4, 2008, Society Guardian.
Slim pickings from belt-tightening
"Citizens still think public services are throwing good money after bad, despite success in squeezing savings out of departments. Anna Bawden questions the logic of yet more efficiency"
Anna Bawden, Friday July 4, 2008, Society Guardian.
Less is more
A cull of public service agreements, which has boiled each one down to their core makes sense but will departments take note, writes Jane Dudman
Jane Dudman, Friday July 4, 2008, Society Guardian.
New Zealand is in tune with the times - Britain's lagging
Seumas Milne, Thursday July 3, 2008, The Guardian.
Our CEOs must inspire passion, not envy
Craig Dearden-Phillips, Wednesday June 25, 2008, The Guardian. ★★★★★
Communities need more overalls, less suits
Stewart Dakers, Wednesday June 25, 2008, The Guardian.
Britain's new class structure
Over the last decade, wealth and power in Britain have been consolidated in a tiny new class at the top
Michael Meacher, Friday June 20, 2008, guardian.co.uk.
Civil service damned as 'utterly antiquated'
Anushka Asthana, education correspondent, Sunday June 15 2008, The Observer.
The hell of being an asylum seeker
Meet Sergey. He's a doctor. He's also an asylum seeker who is forced to survive on £35 of Asda vouchers a week. Award-winning novelist Mark Haddon discovers the horror of being a refugee in the UK today
Sunday June 15 2008, The Observer.
Social workers buckling under stress burden
Anushka Asthana, Sunday June 15 2008, The Observer.
Can the state afford the UN's disabilities convention
Luke Clements, 5 June 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
Brown risks £2.7bn tax cut to end revolt
Patrick Wintour, political editor, Wednesday May 14 2008, The Guardian.
Attention to detail
How many private and voluntary organisations are helping to run our health, social care and education services? David Walker meets the woman asked by ministers to map the UK's 'public services industry'
David Walker, Wednesday May 14 2008, The Guardian.
Brown sets outs plans for reform of schools, hospitals and benefits
Deborah Summers, Rosalind Ryan and agencies, Wednesday May 14 2008, guardian.co.uk.
Treasury aims for more savings in new public sector costs review
Michael White, Monday May 12 2008, The Guardian.
Kay Jenkins fights NHS to keep direct payment
Mithran Samuel, 27 March 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
Remploy bosses opt for top-end company cars
Sports models and 4x4s are funded by taxpayer, Chief defends £8m bill as disabled workers face sack
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent, Tuesday March 25 2008, The Guardian.
We need a Magna Carta moment on information
Michael Cross, Thursday March 20 2008, The Guardian.
Legal pursuit of homeless people beggars belief
Adam Sampson, Wednesday March 19 2008, The Guardian. ★★★★★
A noble vision
Can the government's Independent Living Strategy deliver on its aim of achieving equality for disabled people by 2025, particularly in services such as housing, transport and employment? We ask the experts
Interviews by Mary O'Hara, Wednesday March 5 2008, The Guardian.
Route to equality
Mary O'Hara, Wednesday March 5 2008, The Guardian.
Remploy insists strikes will not deflect closure plans
Mithran Samuel, 12 February 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
Antisocial behaviour legislation must be reformed, urges IPPR
Caroline Lovell, 11 February 2008, communitycare.co.uk.
CPAG critical of government's New Deal back-to-work plans
7 February 2008, communitycare.co.uk. ★★★★★
Waste of energy
A hard-hitting new report warns that red tape and misguided initiatives are deterring many people from becoming volunteers
Patrick Butler, Wednesday January 30 2008,The Guardian.
2,000 disabled people's jobs to go as Remploy factories shut
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent, Friday November 30 2007, The Guardian.
Taxpayer may have to pay £170bn for PFI schemes, says Treasury
David Hencke, Westminster correspondent, Tuesday November 27, 2007, The Guardian.
You can't say it's a problem and then do nothing about it
Ministers now accept the gap between rich and poor is too wide, but still refuse to face the political cost of action to narrow it
Seumas Milne, Thursday August 16 2007, The Guardian.
Note: ★★★★★ = highly recommended