Society daily 11.06.2010

Today's top Society Guardian news and comment Tory pledge to protect frontline services in doubt Equalities commission faces 15% cuts Ministers announce overhaul of child protection Frank Field warns coalition over Future Jobs Fund Martin Kettle: Labour still can't talk about the need for cuts All today's Society Guardian stories Other news • The Financial Times reports a Social Market Foundation study which claims the poor will be hit hardest by public spending cuts unless the Coalition abandons its plan to protect middle class benefits and the NHS . • Radical plans to reform child benefit are being considered by the Coalition's new poverty adviser Frank Field , including ending payments to more than seven million families when their children reach the age of 13, reports the Times. • The Coalition may review the "security of tenure" rights for social housing tenants - two months after the Tories said they would make no changes , reports Inside Housing Review of child protection Yesterday the government launched its review of child protection under the auspices of Eileen Munro, the respected LSE academic . Here's Michael Gove's letter outlining the terms of reference . Here's children's social care minister Tim Loughton's letter to directors of children's services setting out Coalition policy on the publication of Serious Case reviews . And here's Loughton's formal ministerial statement . If you want to refresh yourself on the debates over child protection you can find an archive of Society Guardian stories on the issue here (and a related archive on Baby P here). I'm going to write about this for Society Guardian next week - so please tell me what you think. Post to the comments section of our story here . I read ... • Rod Schwartz getting it all off his chest in this provocative blog "Can social enterprises be too commercial?" "... • This blog on the possible unintended side effects of the Coalition's commitment to force councils to publish online details of any expenses over £500 - more bureaucracy anyone?... • But I'm also impressed and intrigued by Windsor and Maidenhead council's commitment to opening up expenditure data to public scrutiny ... • And this list of ministerial special advisor salaries ... though frankly, I'm finding it hard to decide whether it really matters that we know this... • And when I get time, I'm going to read the RBS100 data report - charting the growth of the UK's top social businesses Society Guardian blogs Joe Public Sarah Boseley's global health blog Guardian awards Guardian Public Services awards 2010 Guardian charity awards 2010 Society Guardian events National Commissioning conference 10. Beyond efficiencies, doing things differently. 15-16 June, Lowry Hotel, Manchester. Speakers include: Solace chief executive David Clark , former Department of Health lead on social care personalisation John Bolton, new Kings Fund chief executive Chris Ham , Social Care Institute for Excellence chief executive Julie Jones , and Turning Point chief executive Lord Adebowale . The Public Procurement show . The UK's leading event for public sector procurement. 15-16 June, ExceL, London. Speakers include: Nigel Smith, chief executive at the Office for Government Commerce ; Philip Blond, big society guru and director of the Respublica thinktank ; Allison Ogden-Newton, CEO of Social Enterprise London ; and Larry Elliott, economics editor of the Guardian . Society Guardian social enterprise summit We are starting to plan this year's Society Guardian Social Enterprise Summit. Last year's summit was a great success - you can read about it here . Once again we are looking to showcase inspiration, innovation and practical ideas on how social enterprises can deliver public services. Whether you are from the public sector or from a social business, we want you to tell us who you'd like to see and what you would like to see discussed. Email to [email protected] . You can Follow Guardian Social Enterprise on Twitter Society Daily blog Society Daily blog editor: Patrick Butler Email the editor: [email protected] Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Society Guardian Links SocietyGuardian.co.uk Follow Society Guardian on Twitter Enter the Guardian Public Services Awards Public - the Guardian's website for senior public sector executives The Guardian's public and voluntary sector careers page Hundreds of public and voluntary sector jobs Society Guardian editor: Alison Benjamin Email the SocietyGuardian editor: [email protected]