Society daily 21.10.2010

Follow Society Guardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Vote for Guardian Public Servant of the Year Full coverage: the comprehensive spending review Follow reaction to the spending review on Andy Sparrow's politics live blog . Osborne on CSR: there is no Plan B Spending review axe falls on the poor Welfare bears the brunt as extra £7bn of cuts unveiled Spending review: the winners and losers NHS budget rise will feel like cut, says thinktank Councils hit by huge drop in funding but new responsibilities Disabled people among the hardest hit by spending review Biggest shakeup in social housing could 'hit poorest hardest' Spending review: questions over charities and the 'big society' Child benefit changes to hit additional 300,000 families Ken Clarke pledges to cut daily prison population £2bn for elderly care likely to be absorbed by council cost-cutting Cuts are 'huge assault on working families and working mothers', says Labour Vulnerable 'shut out of society' by spending review welfare cuts Leeds fears bleak future after cuts Hundreds attend Leeds City Square cuts protest Spending cuts: 'Westminster doesn't understand how people will suffer' Protest against cuts in Cardiff ahead of weekend demo All spending review 2010 stories Spending review 2010: Guardian commentary Polly Toynbee: what's the fuss about? Just you wait Tom Clark: The truth about George Osborne's reforms Spending review: the Guardian columnists' verdict Seamus Milne: Bullingdon boys want to finish what Thatcher began Patrick Butler: local government takes a pummelling Larry Elliott: Welfare claimants the biggest losers David Conn: the axe will fall on community sport Public services experts on the coalition's plans Spending review 2010: service users' perspectives Letters: political limbo over spending cuts Leader: the work of a gambler All spending review 2010 stories Today's other top Society Guardian stories Recorded crime falls by 8% Mother who killed brain damaged son challenges conviction Datablog: UK life expectancy figures show the difference money makes Joshua Rozenberg: Coalition in the dock over prisoner voting All today's Society Guardian stories Guardian and Observer Christmas Charity Appeal 2010 Nominations are now closed for our Christmas appeal 2010, which will support charities working with vulnerable teenagers and young adults. Many thanks to everyone who applied. Our Christmas charity 2010 partners New Philanthropy Capital are now sifting through the 300 applications we recieved. A shortlist of projects will be submitted to a selection panel comprising Guardian/Observer and NPC staff at the end of October. Ten projects will be chosen. We will contact both successful and unsuccessful applicants once the panel has reached it decision in early November. The appeal will launch towards the end of November and run until mid-January. Events Transforming Social Care through IT . Finding your way in a changing service environment 8 December, LondonTake a practical look at social care provision, address the changing face of services and explore the reasons why technology is fundamental to the future of care. Register now and save 30% Information Security and Identity Management in the Public Sector , 3 November 2010, London. Keeping pace with new threats. Hear from Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner and Belinda Lewis, Ministry of Justice Capital Ambition Delivering services for London in an age of austerity, 15 November 2010, London. Join leading practitioners across London to rethink, redesign and reassess the way services are delivered Guardian Social Enterprise 2010 , 16 November, London. An interactive conference for anyone delivering public services or supporting social enterprises. Speakers include: minister for civil society Nick Hurd; Peter Holbrook, chief executive of the Social Enterprise Coalition; Allison Ogden-Newton, chief executive, Social Enterprise London; Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive, Turning Point; Rod Schwartz, chief executive, Clearly So; Dai Powell, chief executive, HCT; Alastair Wilson, chief executive, School for Social Entrepreneurs. Transforming Blue Light Services Innovating ICT for the emergency services, 24 November 2010, London. 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