Web links for 25th October 2010

25 Oct 2010, by ToUChstone blog in Web links

• Gingerbread: lone parents being set up to fail
  A briefing from Gingerbread about the new rules that require lone parents whose youngest child is over 7 to look for paid work. Making this move at a time when childcare can be difficult to obtain and jobs are hard to find (especially those that are flexible enough to combine with having a child at primary school.)
• The only way to enjoy life is to spend, spend, spend
  Michael Winner's answer to the recession: “Here’s the best way to bring a smile to your face: spend, spend and spend again. You can’t afford it? You probably can. You’re just too mean or cautious to give it a go.”
• Police budget cuts to hit poorest areas hardest – Guardian
  The poorest areas that suffer the highest crime rates will be struck hardest by the government's cuts to police budgets, according to senior police figures.
• Nine jobseekers for every job in Duncan Smith’s Cardiff – News centre
  Iain Duncan Smith says unemployed people in the valleys should get on the bus to Cardiff to look for work. PCS looked at just what jobs are actually available there: jobs that finish after the last bus back home, temporary work (much of it for very short periods), part-time work that would hardly cover travelling costs.
• Stumbling and Mumbling: The Dorries paradox
  Mathematical proof that George Osborne is not doing a great job!