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Politics
Alison Benjamin

Society daily 11.08.2010

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Older and young people are both being hit by rising unemployment. Photograph: Alamy

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Today's top SocietyGuardian stories

Older workers 'trapped in long-term unemployment'

Youth unemployment rising in most regions

Commissioner Paul Stephenson opposes Kenneth Clarke's plans to lock up fewer criminals

Ministry of Justice faces £2bn cuts sparking fears for 15,000 jobs

Breath test to detect cancer may be possible, say scientists

How Finland could improve our health

Antibiotics' efficiency wanes due to global spread of drug-resistant bacteria

Claire Henry: Too many people are dying in hospital against their wishes

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A 15-minute brain scan promises to identify the hidden sufferers of autism, reports the Independent.

A quarter of the country's leading hospitals fear that they could miss targets for cancer care as financial pressure on the NHS mounts, reports the Times.

Experts warn that simplifying the welfare system combined with hard-nosed enforcement could add to the tax bill, reports the Financial Times.

Today's SocietyGuardian supplement highlights

How will single parents cope with being compelled to seek work once their youngest child turns five or risk losing benefits?

Carlene Firmin: our new columnist on how young girls are being missed in the fight against violence

Favela art project is reconstructed with the help of Lambeth's young people

Interview: Gillian Guy, new chief executive of Citizens Advice

Ian Wingfield: Short-term council tenancies are a bad and brutal idea

Alison Benjamin: Reality TV jobfinding shows are missing the point

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