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• NHS chief challenges Andrew Lansley's foundation hospitals plan
• Appeal court criticises judge's approach to riot sentencing
• Miliband makes high-risk conference speech
• Library closure councils 'neglect vulnerable'
• Charities No Smoking Day and British Heart Foundation to merge
• NHS told to improve care of pregnant women carrying twins or triplets
• Broadmoor patient begins appeal for release
• Richard Desmond's health lottery branded a 'disgrace'
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• Under threat: 400 years of social history
• How three London councils are joining forces
• New policies, like new medicines, should first be put to the test
• The battle against rogue landlords is flawed
• Why care reforms need the Treasury on board
Other news
• BBC: 'Dire' care for patient who died
• Children & Young People Now: Councils' foster carer recruitment drive garners more than 3,000 responses
• Community Care: Asylum-seeking children and family support suffer most cuts
• Independent: Livingstone: Alan Johnson lacks the drive a mayor needs
• Inside Housing: Borough to license all private landlords
• Localgov.co.uk: Local government pensions scheme members need 'clearer picture'
• Public Finance: Councils must break free from Whitehall, says MP
• Telegraph: BBC accused of 'belittling' Florence Nightingale
• Third Sector: Number of voluntary sector staff fell by five per cent in year to June
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