<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Poverty landing page</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:55:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>'Unscrupulous employers' pay migrant workers in drink </title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/02/11/113788/unscrupulous-employers-pay-migrant-workers-in-drink.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/02/11/113788/unscrupulous-employers-pay-migrant-workers-in-drink.html</guid><description>Migrant workers are being paid in drink or are having significant portions of their pay deducted for accommodation or food by "unscrupulous employers", Community Care has learned.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diary: A money advice service manager writes...</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/29/113678/diary-a-money-advice-service-manager-writes.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/29/113678/diary-a-money-advice-service-manager-writes.html</guid><description>A money advice service manager writes... Monday  My manager has asked me to review the money advice service after a recent inspection. It's been running for a long time and records are on both computer and on paper files. Looking through both sets and trying to match them up proves a challenge and I think I may need the skills of an accountant and Hercule Poirot (or- say- a detective) to make progress.  Tuesday I supervise an advice session; two volunteers tell me that people have come in worried about their employment. It seems local employers often do not pay redundancy or holiday pay. Pay rates are very low and our clients express a fear that if they complain they will never get another job. I look in records and find it's a regular theme. I pass it on to policy persons but it will be a slow process and not much help to those struggling day to day. It gives a sense of our service existing in a Dickensian world.  Wednesday I visit another advice centre and see how they...</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doncaster case; Mum has child snatched by social services</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/22/113625/doncaster-case-mum-has-child-snatched-by-social-services.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/22/113625/doncaster-case-mum-has-child-snatched-by-social-services.html</guid><description>Headlines in today's stories include:- David Cameron warns of social recession to match economic one; Promises to spare NHS and schools from cuts insane says audit chief; Scottish committee to legalise assisted suicide; Prostitute wife killed after row; Old people leave hospital malnourished.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>News round-up:- Doncaster case; Mum has child snatched</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/22/113622/news-round-up-doncaster-case-mum-has-child-snatched.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/22/113622/news-round-up-doncaster-case-mum-has-child-snatched.html</guid><description>Headlines in today's stories include:- Cameron warns of social recession to match economic one; Promises to spare NHS and schools from cuts insane says audit chief; Scottish committee to legalise assisted suicide; Prostitute wife killed after row; Old people leave hospital malnourished.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:47:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Welfare Rights: 'why the Saving Gateway gets my vote'</title><link>http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/14/113549/welfare-rights-why-the-saving-gateway-gets-my-vote.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/01/14/113549/welfare-rights-why-the-saving-gateway-gets-my-vote.html</guid><description>What would be your reaction if you could get 50% interest on your savings over a two-year period? That tempting deal will soon be available to many less well off people.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>