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  1. Big society? Big cuts expected to charities' frontline services, finds @NewPhilanthropy research (in @CivilSocietyUK): bit.ly/KE3P5Y
  2. Disabled people have become a political force to be reckoned with, suggests @suey2y (via @patrickjbutler): bit.ly/N65a6j
  3. South West London Law Centres take part in Tooting community services coffee morning with shadow justice sec @SadiqKhan bit.ly/KOmZXn
  4. End UK child poverty by 2020? It will actually increase as result of austerity, says Unicef (via @ameliagentleman) gu.com/p/38vkv/tw
  5. Plumbing new depths of intellectual dishonesty: Richard Norton-Taylor on Clarke's Justice & Security Bill (in @GdnLaw): bit.ly/JS05KQ
  6. RT @ruthilc: @CarolStorerLAPG Thanks for being on the panel, Carol - some really good discussion. << Seconded!
  7. Still a long road to #equality: in 2012, women hold fewer than a third of top jobs, claims @BBCNews research: bbc.in/KSkJup
  8. RAD Deaf Law Centre (@raddlc) maing the law work for D/deaf people: great letter from @mdcomms in @LawSocGazette: bit.ly/KSjAmn
  9. @covlaw @BhamLawCen You were missed, Sue. It was a good get-together, covered much ground. Tough times ahead but Law Centres here to stay!
  10. A sunny day in London and a good day for a general meeting. We love a Law Centre get-together, we do. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
  11. Waltham Forest Council suspends long-distance rehousing (@bbcnews via @FalseEcon): bbc.in/LKj8uF
  12. Congrats to Lambeth Cllr. Paul McGlone (Lab, Ferndale) on his election as chair of @LondonCouncils grants committee, starting in July
  13. On Monday, 6,054 people interested in justice gathered to do A Good Thing (in @JusticeGap via @_millymoo): bit.ly/KTrDRB #legalwalk
  14. RT @FriendsofHCLC: Do you know a disabled person who would benefit from doing advocacy training course & work placement?bit.ly/LzpxIZ
  15. Don't believe the spin: workers will lose out, thanks to Beecroft, writes @AnyaPalmer in @GdnLaw: bit.ly/Jq5Vs5 < sobering reading
  16. Insolvencies in Cumbria up again due to 'change in attitudes rather than circumstances', suggests Cumbria Law Centre: bit.ly/Jq3ju7
  17. Home Secretary Theresa May MP comes out in favour of #gaymarriage (@politicshomeuk via @paulwaugh): polho.me/KShbcW #equality
  18. 1.8m pensioners live in poverty and household disposable incomes at 4 yr low, reports Evening @StandardNews: bit.ly/LtljCT #ukpoverty
  19. A year after the #riots, record high figures on NEETs (young adults Not in Education, Employment or Training): bit.ly/JLpgV4 (PDF)
  20. A third of parents of disabled children take loans to buy basics AND face popular hostility, reports @AmeliaGentleman: bit.ly/JUuf6E