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Today's top SocietyGuardian stories
• Kenneth Clarke blames English riots on a 'broken penal system'
• Kenneth Clarke: Punish the feral rioters, but address our social deficit too
• Clegg calls for 'probing questions' on NHS bill
• Kailash Chand and JS Bamrah: The NHS reforms still amount to privatisation
• NHS hospital closures shouldn't be decided by ministers – thinktank
• PM accused of 'cack-handed' approach on abortion counselling
• Prison governor suspended over inmate assault allegations
• Nurse released after saline deaths arrest wants to return to work
• Cuts blog: Work Programme - is it really a 'gold standard' for charities?
• McDonald's introduces calorie count
All today's SocietyGuardian stories
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• BBC: Court filming 'being considered'
• Telegraph: £2bn held back from patient care in NHS reforms, says Labour
• Inside Housing: Housing benefit bill rises by £1.3bn
• Localgov.co.uk: Women to be hit hardest by public sector job cuts
• Community Care: Service users at risk as home care cuts shorten visits
• Children & Young People Now: Councils vow to listen to young people's views to prevent a repeat of recent riots
• Public Finance: MPs want greater say in top public appointments
• Third Sector: Tory leader in Watford calls for inquiry into council's dispute with Age UK Hertfordshire
• Independent: Search launched for charity swimmers who went home
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