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Today's top SocietyGuardian stories
• Nick Clegg warns housing minister about cuts to homeless services
• Half of UK men could be obese by 2030
• Private investors could profit from projects aiding troubled families
• Unions plan targeted strikes over pensions rather than mass walkouts
• MPs call for foundations trusts to reveal complaints data
• £1bn Edinburgh tram project hits buffers
• Nurofen Plus warning over mix-up of painkillers and anti-psychotic drugs
• Former movie mogul prescribes silver-screen treatment for patients
• Letters: the way ahead for young people
• Richard Bristow: Naming young offenders should remain a rarity
• Lloyd Bradley: Don't confuse Notting Hill carnival with the riots
All today's SocietyGuardian stories
Other news
• Community Care: 'Unsustainable' social care services face overhaul
• Inside Housing: Housing crisis to "worsen" as planning permissions fall
• Manchester Evening News: Devastated Salford mum killed herself over council redundancy blow
• Daily Telegraph: Italian village trying to become a principality to protest cuts
• The Independent: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Part of the big society for nearly 200 years
• BBC: Welsh ministers "targeting councils for criticism"
• Daily Telegraph: London gangs recruiting primary schools children aged 10
On the Guardian Professional Networks
Authorities need to take a clear stand with developers under the new planning framework, writes Mark Gaterell, professor of sustainable construction at Coventry University
The Home Office has published a tender for a new service to replace the Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority, which will combine the two bodies and cost up to £350m
Flummoxed by Facebook? Rob van Tol, senior digital consultant at branding agency Precedent, shares his tips for promoting local government services online
Health minister Lord Hunt has said that the health service is working on cutting the years it currently takes to introduce most new ideas and technologies
In the second of his two-part blog on advertising in the third sector, marketing expert John Suart explains how to take ownership of communicating with your stakeholders
• Housing
Retro-decorating can help dementia patients feel at ease in their surroundings and improve treatments. Kate McCann reports
Despite the success of the now-defunct Future Jobs Fund scheme, social enterprises are still unable to take the risk of hiring long-term unemployed young people, writes Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive of Social Enterprise London.
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