Society Daily: 20.08.2010

Follow Society Guardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Today's top Society stories Fund that provides accommodation for pensioners, victims of domestic violence, and the homeless, threatened with 40% cuts Drug addicts who refuse treatment 'may have benefits withdrawn' Why not tax my drug addicts? Decisions on care orders are too sensitive to be given a fixed deadline Doctors question high price of cancer drug Herceptin Other stories New 'legal high' party drugs will be banned immediately for 12 months under new Home Office powers to halt their escalating use among young people, reports the Daily Telegraph. Consultants face £10,000 pay cut from bonuses of up to £76,000 a year , reports the Daily Mail. A survey of senior local authority managers by Local Government Chronicle reveals little or no confidence in the ministerial team in charge of councils - with most fearing a cut in budgets by up to a third, reports Public. Events Driving efficiencies in public sector ICT , 30 September, London: a one-day conference for senior IT professionals to re-examine the way they work, cut costs and deliver vital efficiency savings. Public sector online , 4 October, London: a one-day conference examining how public sector professionals can engage with their audience to deliver services more effectively and strategically online. Society Guardian blogs Joe Public Sarah Boseley's global health blog Guardian awards Guardian Public Services awards 2010 Guardian charity awards 2010 Society Daily blog Society Daily blog editor: Patrick Butler Email the editor: [email protected] Society Guardian Links SocietyGuardian.co.uk 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 Society Guardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]