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Today’s top SocietyGuardian stories
• Fines from bank Libor rigging may be used to close hospital disability units
• NHS inspectors criticise leadership of Kent hospital A&E
• Seven arrested in investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale
• Tory minister joins calls for U-turn on local welfare cuts
• Coalition’s welfare scheme at risk of wasting billions, warns watchdog
• Labour attacks ‘glacial pace’ of welfare reform
• Health Lottery advert banned for encouraging irresponsible gambling
• UK lung cancer survival rates among worst in Europe
• Theresa May: too many young people think domestic violence is acceptable
• Phone groups break down social barriers for housebound older people
All today’s SocietyGuardian stories
In today’s SocietyGuardian section
• ‘We must stop learning disabled people being dumped in waste bins of life’
• Want to improve lives for people with learning disabilities? Listen to them
• Frances Ryan: Starving, disabled children are symbol of a cuts agenda with no conscience
• Paul Hayes: Why the UK’s drug strategy should remain a Home Office responsibility
• Pulling together to extend the lives of people with serious mental illness
• ‘Prison is not for punishment in Sweden. We get people into better shape’
Jobs of the week
• Policy leader, National Housing Federation
• Chief executive officer, Thames Hospice
• Information services director (chief information officer) - Switzerland, Medair
• Director of education quality and standards, Kent county council
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On the Society Professional Networks
• Livechat from noon: How to use social media at work in the public sector
• Tim Cole, British ambassador to Cuba: Why I tweet in a country without free speech
• BandAid 30: five things charity fundraisers can teach Bob Geldof
• Domestic violence: how services come together to support high risk victims
• What’s behind the massive increase of renters in poverty?
• Healthcare professionals must listen to patients’ dying wishes, says senior house officer Dr Lucy Ison
Pick of the blogs
• Catherine Mangan, 21st Century Public Servant: Are public servants confident using social media at work?
• Bev Fitzsimons, King’s Fund: Stories and numbers - there is room for both in understanding patients’ experience
• Gavin Freeguard, Institute for Government: Morale compass points in the right direction - Civil Service engagement in 2014
• Lisa Kidd, the Conversation: Handing more control to patients could just be cost-cutting in disguise
• Robert Watt, Manchester Policy Blogs: Five reasons why TTIP is like a troublesome teapot
• Neil McInroy, New Start: Will city devolution tackle national inequality?
• Saba Salman, the Social Issue: Groundbreaking digital project to tackle domestic violence
• David Robinson, Community Links: Early Action - Delivering value-for-money, avoiding more serious consequences
Other news
• BBC: King’s Fund says £2bn more NHS funding needed next year
• Children & Young People Now: Government rejects child poverty commission targets
• CivilSociety.co.uk: Understanding Charities Group launches to improve public trust in the sector
• Community Care: Social workers struggling with emotional impact of child abuse cases, finds NSPCC
• Independent: GPs on call at A&E could reduce pressure on services
• Inside Housing: Private tenants living in poor accommodation ‘on rise’
• LocalGov.co.uk: Car is ‘king’ for local government staff, poll finds
• Public Finance: Cameron’s deficit pledge unlikely to be met, says think-tank
• Telegraph: The Tories need to win over young people who are ‘relaxed about drugs, sex and alcohol’, says Damian Green
• Third Sector: Norfolk County Council pays £700,000 to reduce pension deficit of local Age UK
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