The new National Service in action (Children & Young People Now)
A sneak preview of what is to become David Cameron’s pet project – the National Citizen Service.
Continue Reading Add comment August 24th, 2010
Posts filed under 'Social policy'
“I’d have to fight for the Taliban if I went back” (Children & Young People Now)
The UK Border Agency is planning to create a “reintegration centre” in Afghanistan for young asylum seekers. Here, a 19-year-old Afghan recounts his harrowing life story and argues that plans to return 16 and 17 year-olds to Kabul are fatally flawed.
Continue Reading Add comment August 10th, 2010
The price of being single (BBC news online)
Living alone costs singletons an extra £250,000 over a lifetime compared to couples, it is claimed. So what is the “singles tax”?
Continue Reading Add comment August 6th, 2010
No diving? No bombing? No rules swimming (BBC news online)
Columnist Matthew Parris has been called “ignorant” and his actions “dangerous” after swimming across London’s River Thames. But up and down the country, people are dipping a toe in the trend for outdoor swimming.
Continue Reading Add comment August 3rd, 2010
Should we trust the wisdom of crowds? (BBC news online)
A problem shared is a problem halved, goes the old saying. But what happens if you share a problem with millions of people?
Continue Reading July 5th, 2010
Give the young a change they can believe in (FT.com)
Both the debates and the Lib Dem leader will soon become part of the political furniture rather than exciting interlopers.
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Can you justify your job title? (BBC news online)
While some achieve absurd job titles all by themselves, others have absurdity thrust upon them.
Continue Reading Add comment February 26th, 2010
The solidarity of street smokers (BBC news online)
Huddles of street smokers outside office doorways could be extinguished under new public health plans. But it could also put an end to the comradeship of pavement puffers.
Continue Reading Add comment February 2nd, 2010
Great Lengths (Financial Times)
The indoor swimming pool was a child of the industrial revolution
Continue Reading Add comment March 28th, 2009
Thrown in at the deep end (Local Government Chronicle)
Is “free swimming” a government gimmick or a genuine boost to the nation’s health?
Continue Reading Add comment July 9th, 2008