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• Ministers make U-turn over 'gagging' anti-lobbying laws after public outcry
• Bacteria from slim people could help treat obesity, study finds
• Three in 10 parents have grown-up children still living at home
• Polly Toynbee: Whose recovery is this? That's the great general election question
• Michael Gove school comments appear at odds with bedroom tax
• Female genital mutilation helpline uncovers 34 potential cases
• Tesco drops Sherborne supermarket plan after local opposition
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• Shared ownership flaws reveal void in young people's housing options, writes Liam Kelly
• A livechat offering advice to the civil service fast stream intake will be held between noon and 2pm today
• Bali Sohal, a refuge support worker who helps women and children who have fled domestic violence, describes her typical day
• Sharmala Moodley, deputy head of claims at the Medical Defence Union, runs through her average day
On my radar ...
• In his Cuts blog, Patrick Butler says official figures show the biggest single cause of formal homelessness is households being forced to leave their private rented home. He says this seems to be "a phenomenon peculiar to the Coalition era":
Why this upward trend in terminated tenancies? According to Crisis, the homelessness charity, it is down to housing benefit cuts. Caps on housing benefit (HB), especially in London, mean that more people reliant on local housing allowance to make ends meet can no longer afford to pay the rent, and nor can they find anywhere cheaper to go. Welfare reform is sending people cap in hand to the council to register as homeless. This is a policy failure for the Coalition.
• Following the official criticisms of the introduction of universal credit (mentioned in yesterday's Society Daily), Jules Birch asks: "Has the National Audit Office (NA0) ever delivered a more damning verdict on a key government policy than the one it has just published?" In a blogpost for Inside Housing, he says:
The NAO says the DWP must produce a realistic plan with clear programme objectives linked to policy design and service requirements. It should use a management approach that allows policy experts, operational teams and systems developers to work together. And it should establish effective governance processes and structure and tighten financial management.
All of which sound like fairly basic things that should have been in place right from the beginning rather than be recommended a month before the original roll-out date. Much now depends on Howard Shiplee, the former construction director of the 2012 Olympics who was brought in to lead the project at the end of March. In a piece for the Telegraph on Monday he candidly admitted the 'missteps' and 'bad luck' that have dogged progress so far. If he can put things right he will deserve a medal all to himself.
• A viral campaign by Tourettes Action aims to highlight the barriers that exclude people with Tourette syndrome from society. Campaign emails are being sent out this week and people are encouraged to share the creative. Although littered with swear words, the email is designed to trick firewalls that normally filter them out. The campaign plays on public perceptions of the condition.
• A beach accessibility campaign. Tomorrow's Longsands Beach Challenge in Tynemouth will see disabled and able-bodied participants negotiate a beach-based obstacle course. Organisers say is the first beach wheelchair event of its kind. Saba Salman has more details in her blog the Social Issue.
• A storify put together by think-tank and consultancy NPC following its event earlier this week which explored the effect of welfare reforms on the charity sector
• Ahead of the Guardian's Ageing Population Quarterly event next week which will explore the future challenges of dementia, Gill Hitchcock reports on the creation of dementia-friendly communities.
Other news
• BBC: Guide dog owners denied access, says charity
• BBC: UK house prices rising 'at highest rate since 2010'
• Independent: Family courts should be opened up, says top judge
• Independent: Lung diseases kill one in 10 Europeans, with greatest risk in Britain
• Telegraph: One in ten pensioners is working or looking for a job
• Telegraph: Stop blaming your civil servants for failed projects, Ministers told
• LocalGov.co.uk: Liverpool councillors to discuss combined authority
• Edinburgh Evening News: Council's box room rule to fight Bedroom Tax
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