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How Asian women made trade union history and shattered stereotypes
As the courageous stand by Asian women during the Grunwick dispute in the 1970s is honoured in a new exhibition, Sarfraz Manzoor meets the leader of the 'strikers in saris'
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Drug users' voices must be heard in the battle against addiction
The chance to recover through abstinence-based residential programmes should be offered in jail – the place where most addicts go sooner or later -
'Bedlam' exhibition traces the meandering history of mental health
Royal Bethlem Hospital gallery celebrates the roots of 'one of the most important intellectual disciplines within medicine'
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Books stimulate pictures of health for dementia sufferers
As dementia services come under the spotlight, staff at care homes are finding that innovative new books are benefiting elderly residents
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Women's centre gives new lease of life to female offenders and their families
Justice minister Maria Eagle backs one-stop shop in Halifax that is helping women who have been in prison to get back on their feet and to keep from reoffending
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It's official – the case for investment in preventive care is cast-iron
Health secretary Andy Burnham accepts that research evidence presents a 'powerful and persuasive' argument for making prevention a priority in social care services -
Politicians must recognise that people with learning disabilities have a right to vote too
Hundreds of thousands of eligible voters with learning disabilities are in danger of being ignored
Society news & features p4
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Tories' housing plans to raise the roofs
Grant Shapps, the shadow housing minister, says a Conservative government would promote home ownership – without returning to Thatcher-era council house sell-offs
Society news & features p5
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Danes show the way to get young people into work
The success of Denmark's holistic approach to cutting youth unemployment holds lessons for Labour
Society news & features p6
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Strategic gap at the heart of government
Institute for Government report reveals the tensions that bedevil Whitehall, but do politicians have the will to institute changes? -
'Awareness about stroke has been raised significantly'
Julia Parnaby, head of the Stroke Association information service
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What else can a carer support manager do?
Val, 37, earns £26,276 as a carer support manager with a local authority, but is looking at career options