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• Lansley's obesity plan branded 'patronising rubbish'
• Sharp rise in NHS waiting times
• High court bid to halt library closures fails
• Housing benefit cut survives legal challenge
• Frontline pay in public sector now better than private sector, says report
• Inquiry launched into child sexual exploitation
• Patrick Butler's Cuts blog: The sobering facts on family intervention
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• BBC: 21,000 Welsh public sector jobs at threat, says auditor
• Children & Young People Now: Unite blasts youth policy proposals
• Independent: Ministers 'ignored warnings of difficulties at Southern Cross'
• Inside Housing: Fears for vulnerable amid claims of govt mistake
• Public Finance: Subsidised bus routes slashed by a fifth
• Telegraph: Healthy babies lost to 'false miscarriages'
• Third Sector: Government wants a level playing field for the sector to win contracts, says Francis Maude
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