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  Time to put our Poor Law to rest

  http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/joepublic/2008/05/time_to_put_ou...
  202 days ago in Joe Public blog | Society | guardian.co.uk · Authority: 97

  Time to put our Poor Law to rest guardian.co.uk / Social care 11:27am The governnment's consultation on a proposed green paper on reforming social care is promised as a radical opportunity to make a significant improvement to life experiences and opportunities. Well, about time too, as much of the current framework for social care still has its legacy in the old Poor Law which was supposed to have been abolished in 1948.
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  Tuesday 13th May 2008

  http://www.labouroutlook.com/home/2008/05/tuesday-13th-ma.ht...
  203 days ago in Labour Outlook · Authority: 23

  Update: Column: £120 for basic rate taxpayers - Labour bloggers reactions Social care review Fixing the holes - Leader, Guardian "People may have to pay into a compulsory social insurance scheme to contribute towards the costs of care in old age under proposals floated by the government yesterday. The health secretary, Alan Johnson, said he would produce a green paper early next year on dealing with the long-term problem of providing adequate non-medical care for a growing number of vulnerable older people" - Guardian "Gordon Brown proposed a new insurance-based system yesterday to fund care for the elderly, the cost of which is forecast to reach £24 billion in the next 20 years. The Prime Minister said he wanted to free people from the fear that they would be forced to sell their homes to pay for care, and called the current means-testing system unfair for those who had saved" - Times "The Government ruled out proposals for free care for the elderly yesterday, sparking outrage from campaigners who accused Gordon Brown of adopting a short-sighted approach to one of the country's most pressing social problems" - Independent 10p tax rate "Gordon Brown hopes to lift his flagging prime ministership over the next 48 hours by giving details of a 10p tax compensation package and setting out a draft Queen's speech. Bills from the communities department, justice ministry, Home Office, and health and education will offer new rights to the public to scrutinise and seek redress from public bodies" - Guardian "Emergency one-off payments to low-paid workers who lost out from the abolition of the 10p tax rate are about to be announced by Alistair Darling" - Times Crewe & Nantwich by-election "David Cameron condemned Labour's determination to raise the spectre of class war in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election as “pathetic” yesterday" - Times Will we never escape class in this country? - Dominic Lawson, Independent Labour must be thanking its lucky stars for Tamsin - Guardian More on the by election at the Labour Outlook Crewe & Nantwich page Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill "Lesbian couples should be blocked from having IVF treatment unless they agree that a father figure would be involved in the upbringing of their child, the Tories said yesterday" - Guardian "MPs have voted to allow controversial plans to update human embryology laws to continue to their next Parliamentary stage, despite deep splits among MPs" - BBC "Gordon Brown was accused last night of forcing through measures to liberalise embryo research as one of his most senior colleagues refused to support him in the Commons" - Times "MPs were deeply split last night over embryo research and abortion as they began debating hugely contentious reforms to the way the practices are regulated" - Independent School tests "The national testing system in English schools is being misused to the detriment of children's education, says a report from a committee of MPs" - BBC "National Sats tests have distorted the education of millions of children, depressing their chances of going to university or getting a job, and should be radically reformed, MPs say" - Guardian Frank Field "Two Cabinet ministers have rounded on rebel Labour MP Frank Field, after he suggested Gordon Brown was "unhappy" as PM and would step down by 2010" - BBC "One of Gordon Brown's closest allies has launched a ferocious attack on the Prime Minister's critics, as a growing whispering campaign suggested Mr Brown may not survive to lead Labour into the next general election" - Independent Comment Pride & prejudice: How the far right muscled in on middle England - Times
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  How to pay for elderly care

  http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/joepublic/2008/05/ideas_forum_pa...
  203 days ago in Joe Public blog | Society | guardian.co.uk · Authority: 97

  How to pay for elderly care Sara Gaines / From the blogs / Social care 11:50am The government has launched a public consultation on ways to fund personal care for elderly people. The move comes amid growing concern that means-testing designed to direct help to the most needy is instead being used to deny help to many vulnerable people.
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  Tuesday 13th May 2008

  http://www.labouroutlook.com/home/2008/05/tuesday-13th-ma.ht...
  203 days ago in Labour Outlook · Authority: 56

  Update: Column: £120 for basic rate taxpayers - Labour bloggers reactions Social care review Fixing the holes - Leader, Guardian "People may have to pay into a compulsory social insurance scheme to contribute towards the costs of care in old age under proposals floated by the government yesterday. The health secretary, Alan Johnson, said he would produce a green paper early next year on dealing with the long-term problem of providing adequate non-medical care for a growing number of vulnerable older people" - Guardian "Gordon Brown proposed a new insurance-based system yesterday to fund care for the elderly, the cost of which is forecast to reach £24 billion in the next 20 years. The Prime Minister said he wanted to free people from the fear that they would be forced to sell their homes to pay for care, and called the current means-testing system unfair for those who had saved" - Times "The Government ruled out proposals for free care for the elderly yesterday, sparking outrage from campaigners who accused Gordon Brown of adopting a short-sighted approach to one of the country's most pressing social problems" - Independent 10p tax rate "Gordon Brown hopes to lift his flagging prime ministership over the next 48 hours by giving details of a 10p tax compensation package and setting out a draft Queen's speech. Bills from the communities department, justice ministry, Home Office, and health and education will offer new rights to the public to scrutinise and seek redress from public bodies" - Guardian "Emergency one-off payments to low-paid workers who lost out from the abolition of the 10p tax rate are about to be announced by Alistair Darling" - Times Crewe & Nantwich by-election "David Cameron condemned Labour's determination to raise the spectre of class war in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election as “pathetic” yesterday" - Times Will we never escape class in this country? - Dominic Lawson, Independent Labour must be thanking its lucky stars for Tamsin - Guardian More on the by election at the Labour Outlook Crewe & Nantwich page Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill "Lesbian couples should be blocked from having IVF treatment unless they agree that a father figure would be involved in the upbringing of their child, the Tories said yesterday" - Guardian "MPs have voted to allow controversial plans to update human embryology laws to continue to their next Parliamentary stage, despite deep splits among MPs" - BBC "Gordon Brown was accused last night of forcing through measures to liberalise embryo research as one of his most senior colleagues refused to support him in the Commons" - Times "MPs were deeply split last night over embryo research and abortion as they began debating hugely contentious reforms to the way the practices are regulated" - Independent School tests "The national testing system in English schools is being misused to the detriment of children's education, says a report from a committee of MPs" - BBC "National Sats tests have distorted the education of millions of children, depressing their chances of going to university or getting a job, and should be radically reformed, MPs say" - Guardian Frank Field "Two Cabinet ministers have rounded on rebel Labour MP Frank Field, after he suggested Gordon Brown was "unhappy" as PM and would step down by 2010" - BBC "One of Gordon Brown's closest allies has launched a ferocious attack on the Prime Minister's critics, as a growing whispering campaign suggested Mr Brown may not survive to lead Labour into the next general election" - Independent Comment Pride & prejudice: How the far right muscled in on middle England - Times
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  Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise

  http://www.gaelcommunity.com/blogs/healthcarenews/archive/20...
  204 days ago in Healthcare News · Authority: 1

  Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise Posted May 13 2008, 12:44 AM by CyberWatcher Newsfeed - Healthcare News UK & Ireland Filed under: Guardian

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