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Homelessness on the rise as recession and cuts bite
Datablog: homelessness in England, an interactive map
Landlords meet to decide Southern Cross's fate
Hardest hit areas may feel little benefit from work programme
Council illegally held autistic man in care, high court judge rules
Minister calls for sacking over Great Ormond Street 'cover-up' of Baby P report
Sony hackers target NHS computers
NHS live blog - what do the health reforms mean for social care?
Interview: Riven Vincent, the carer who triggered a disability cuts media storm
Peter Wilby: Rampant private equity will mean more Southern Crosses
Giles Fraser: it's right for Rowan Williams to speak out on social justice
Richard Vize: so much for localism!
Letter: Baroness Morgan and Southern Cross
All today's SocietyGuardian stories
Other news
• The Independent has an interview with Mark Neary, the father who successfully went to court to win back custody of his austic son after a year long battle with Hillingdon council. "We wouldn't have been here today if it wasn't for press involvement," said Neary.
• Cornwall county council is considering introducing a £1 a night tourist tax to help meet the cost of providing public services to the 500,00 tourists who holiday in the region during the summer months, reports the Telegraph.
• Big Lottery Fund's process of inviting certain organisations to bid for grants has been dubbed "unfair" and "London-centric" with one chief executive alleging that grants appeared to go too often to people who "move in the right circles, drink in the right bars or attend the right parties," reports Third Sector.
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Government Computing
The Information Commissioner's Office has fined Surrey county council £120,000 for sending sensitive emails to wrong addresses.
Healthcare
NHS 'is being cut to the bone', says the chairman of the British Medical Association's GP committee Laurence Buckman, adding that the government's NHS reforms are 'staggeringly wasteful'.
Public Leaders
Sharing ambulance service data could save the NHS £165m a year, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
Local government
Councils must avoid Lord Sugar's bullying style in the search for a new style of management.
Housing
Editor Hannah Fearn says with councils' new housing freedoms come greater responsibilities.
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