Society daily: 22.10.2010

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 Spending review cuts hit poor hardest, says Institute of Fiscal Studies IFS exposes fairness gap in spending review cuts Nick Clegg accuses IFS of "distorted nonsense" Super council plan to merge three London boroughs' services Cuts penalise mothers more than banks, Yvette Cooper warns Councils fear loss of 100,000 jobs from £2bn funding black hole David Cameron and Nick Clegg express regret over broken election pledges Teenagers could be among worst hit by spending cuts, warn charities Social housing upheaval could "suck life out of industry" Spending review: how the cuts affect me Podcast: How the spending review will affect Leeds All spending review 2010 stories Spending review 2010: Guardian commentary John Merry: Council cuts are a confidence trick Colin Barrow: Let people power local services Rhydian James: Osborne's penny-pinching targets disabled people Selma James: The Tory 'big society' relies on women replacing welfare Patrick Butler's cutsblog: Disability cuts Editorial: Comprehensive spending review: A false prospectus All spending review 2010 stories Today's top Society Guardian stories Small doses of aspirin 'can significantly reduce bowel cancer risk' Notorious malaria mosquito strains evolving Nicholas Crichton: Drug addicts' children need protecting Open thread: Who are your heroes? All today's Society Guardian stories Other news • The spending cuts will not affect the government's pledge to recruit 4,200 new health visitors , the public health minister Anne Milton has confirmed, the Nursing Times reports. 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, London Take 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 Discover how the innovative use of technology will improve performance and response in difficult financial times. 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 Guardian cutswatch - tell us about the cuts in your area 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]