Society daily 27.07.2010

Today's top SocietyGuardian news and comment Khyra Ishaq death was preventable, says serious case review Dawn raids on asylum families "unnecessary", says immigration chief UK's largest Gypsy and Traveller site braces itself for eviction Lansley announces cull of health quangos Peter Wilby: Gove's school plan is a pointless rebranding exercise Blake Morrison: Jon Venables is not beyond redemption All today's SocietyGuardian stories Other news • A campaigner for Roma Gypsy rights who advised two London councils was yesterday convicted of helping to mastermind a £3m benefits scam , reports the Daily Mail. • Senior police officers are planning to cull thousands of injured officers as part of a cost-cutting drive, says the Independent. • Social care leaders are "shocked" by the scrapping of the General Social Care Council , and say they were not consulted about the move, reports Community Care. • A charity founded by defence secretary Liam Fox has been ordered to "cease its current activities" after regulators found it breached Charity Commission guidelines on political activity , reports Third Sector On my radar... • The prolific Paul Corrigan gives us the next two instalments of his critique of the NHS white paper: why the proposed national commissioning board looks stunningly like the strategic health authority system it is supposed to replace; and does the government realise it is proposing to nationalise GPs? One of the remarkable things about this great series of blogposts is the increasing sense of anger and frustration you get from Corrigan - a Labour supporter and former adviser to Tony Blair - that Andrew Lansley's reforms are just not radical enough... • The Guardian's Leeds-based beat blogger John Baron on the campaign to save Morley leisure centre - another "big society" test project in the making? (see also my blog from last week on community-owned swimming pools )... • Health Policy Insight editor Andy Cowper on Lansley's abolition of health quangos and his pursuit of the economic modelling analysis upon which the government based its decision to lift foundation trust borrowing limits... • Rich Watts on social care, big society and the voluntary sector ... • "Column Idol": the Media Trust's partnership with the Sun newspaper to find Britain's best young (age 16-21) columnist. A potentially great idea. Now how would the Guardian do this?... • Liam Black tweeting big society ethnographic research from the train: "He (reading Daily Mail): "What's this #bigsociety about"? She: "We need smaller society. Start with Asians round here and tinkers." Preview of tomorrow's SocietyGuardian supplement • Private security firms are already patrolling housing estates - will the government's radical shakeup of the police give them a bigger role? • Welfare reforms risk pushing away a vital cohort of volunteers, says Dawn Howley • Denis Campbell: It's right that we should be responsible for our own health • Derek Wanless: a new settlement for social care is tantalisingly close • Interview: Chris Quigley, the coalition's e-democracy guru • Steven Toft: Is the public ready for a radically slimmed-down welfare state? Guardian awards Guardian Public Services Awards 2010 Guardian Charity Awards 2010 SocietyGuardian Social Enterprise Summit We are starting to plan this year's SocietyGuardian Social Enterprise Summit. Last year's summit was a great success - you can read about it here . Once again we are looking to showcase inspiration, innovation and practical ideas on how social enterprises can deliver public services. Whether you are from the public sector or from a social business, we want you to tell us who you'd like to see and what you would like discussed. Email [email protected] . You can Follow Guardian Social Enterprise on Twitter. SocietyGuardian blogs Joe Public Sarah Boseley's global health blog Society Daily blog Society Daily blog editor: Patrick Butler Email the editor: [email protected] Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing SocietyGuardian links SocietyGuardian.co.uk Follow SocietyGuardian on Twitter Public - the Guardian's website for senior public sector executives The Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs SocietyGuardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]