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• Johnson tells a striking story of Britain's future, but it's the results that will count | Martin Kettle

  07-10-2020 18:28
  
  The PM’s conference speech ranged from wind power to social care. Without clear targets, how can we measure his success?Boris Johnson is a Marmite politician, so it is no surprise that his Conservative conference speech has provoked radically different responses. Those on the right who can only ever see Johnson’s strengths – as vote winner, optimist or charismatic leader – heard only the speech’s virtues and ignored its many weaknesses. Those on the left who see onl
  
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• 'We were really struggling': why kinship carers feel unsupported and undervalued

  07-10-2020 09:28
  
  Grandparents and other relatives raising children say they are not given the legal, financial and emotional help they needWhen Gillian and her husband picked up their toddler grandson, Ryan*, at the weekends, they would have to put him straight in the bath because he was so dirty. While there were other warning signs that he was not being well cared for, Gillian was afraid to report her concerns in case she never saw him again.Everything changed when she was contacted by social services. Ryan ha
  
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• New wind vanes blow change across Dementia Friendly Prestwick’s promenade

  07-10-2020 07:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  A two-year-long project to make the Prestwick promenade more accessible for people living with dementia has unveiled three new wind vanes to coincide with World Alzheimer’s Day on Monday 21st September.
   
  Dementia Friendly Prestwick has worked in partnership with the local community, South Ayrshire Council, Ayrshire Roads Alliance, and Paths for All to make the promenade more pleasant and engaging.  Building local community links between people living with dementia, their familie
  
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