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The Guardian - UK
Politics
Clare Horton

Monday's social affairs news

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Shadow chancellor Ed Balls arrives at the Labour conference in Liverpool with wife, Yvette Cooper, ahead of his key note speech on the deficit. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

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Today's top SocietyGuardian stories

Balls sets out Labour stance on cutting deficit
Julian Glover: Banks are bust. And Ed Balls is silent
GPs 'failing cancer patients' by not spotting side-effects of treatment
Broadmoor patient to have public hearing
Squatting law is being misrepresented to aid ministers' reforms, claim lawyers
£100m revamp for notorious Sheffield landmark
All today's SocietyGuardian stories

The pick of the weekend's SocietyGuardian news and comment

Deadlock in public sector pensions dispute
Stalking victims failed by the law
Samaritans prison listeners service threatened by public sector cuts
All Sunday's SocietyGuardian news and comment
All Saturday's SocietyGuardian news and comment

Other news

• BBC: Prisoners' wages to help victims
• Children & Young People Now: Young people leave custody 'without NI numbers'
• Community Care: Limited uptake of personal budgets in Scottish pilot areas
• Independent: Visiting time in hospitals 'should be extended'
• inside Housing: Council to prioritise homes for employed people
• Localgov.co.uk: Glasgow warning over Scottish councils' budget
• Public Finance: Big Society 'faces civil service barriers'
• Telegraph: George Osborne is warned of disaster over welfare reforms
• Third Sector: Peers agree that payment of trustees might spread

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