The Elfrida Society’s Radio Orchestra gives
people the opportunity to express their feelings
in words and music. Inga Tillere, the group’s
co-ordinator, describes their experience.
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Council lost its case when it tried to move a young
man to a less expensive home
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jobs for personal budget holders? Huw Davies says
we have a long way to go before personal budgets
can be relied on to improve employment outcomes
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How
bad will this have to get before we take to
the streets to say the effects of these cuts
on vulnerable people is unacceptable?
Rosemary Trustam looks at how local authorities
are going about the cuts and challenges then
to look at more acceptable ways of saving
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