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Wednesday 1 September 2010

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Life in America's toughest jail

Shaun Attwood's blog about the appalling conditions in a US jail earned him a major book deal. Erwin James, a veteran of the British prison system, compares notes

Society news & features p2

The asylum experience never leaves you

Meg was first admitted to Stanley Royd hospital when she was just 17. The asylum has gone but her memory of it lingers on
Fighting public sector cuts with poetry

Britain's poets are up in arms about the Con-Dems' public spending cuts – and they've published an anthology to prove it

Society news & features p3

How the Blitz created the welfare state

As the 70th anniversary of the Nazi bombardment of Britain approaches, Bob Holman recalls how adversity brought a nation together
Towards a joined-up health service

We are a long way from an integrated NHS, says a new report – but local successes may point the way forward

Society news & features p4

The NHS will exist only as a brand name

The NHS provided the most most influential, economic model for state-funded healthcare services. Not any more, says Julian Tudor Hart
The 'fair' budget that wasn't

Tom Clark: Why did it take us so long to figure out that the coalition was clobbering the poor?

Society news & features p5

Is abstinence the best policy for addiction?

Noreen Oliver, the award-winning advocate of an abstinence-based approach to rehab, tells Mary O'Hara addicts need choice

Society news & features p6

Leading questions: Terry Stokes, London Advice Services Alliance

Lasa's chief executive on the importance of welfare rights advice
Is procurement outsourcing the answer to reducing public sector purchasing costs?

Making savings in the £220bn cost of procuring goods and services for the public sector looks a much more palatable proposition than making service cuts

Society news & features p10

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