Daily Archives: 05/02/2012

MPs’ survey provides new evidence of care cuts

Nearly two-thirds of local authorities in England have reduced their spending on support in the community for disabled and older people, according to a survey commissioned by a committee of MPs.
The survey, carried out for the Commons health select committee as part of its review of public spending in health and social care, found budgets [...]

Ofcom criticised after clearing Channel 4 over Gervais hate routine

The broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has come under attack again after ruling that an offensive, disablist routine by comedian Ricky Gervais did not breach its broadcasting code.
Channel 4, which broadcast Gervais’s stand-up show Science last October, has refused to apologise despite the comedian repeatedly describing the singer Susan Boyle as looking like “a mong”, a highly [...]