London councils have warned that funding arrangements for caring for the elderly are not adequate and that people do not understand how social care works, nor are they planning for their own future. The warnings come with the publication of findings from a survey of people with relatives receiving social care.

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The impact of the UK budget deficit, which will trigger severe cuts in public service spending, is becoming clearer with a prediction that 350,000 public service jobs could be cut. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has produced this estimate of cuts based on previous downturns in the economy.

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This report from the Department for Children Schools and Families examines why young people from poor families are more likely to experience lower achievement in school, and more likely to participate in a range of risky behaviours as teenagers, than young people from richer families.

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