Patrick Butler
Patrick Butler is the Guardian's social policy editor
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About 39% of households earning less than £26,000 a year are behind on bill payments
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Official report criticises Tory-run authority’s dysfunctional leadership and says it tried to silence critics
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Amanda Spielman defends failure to spot mistreatment at residential facility for disabled children as she is grilled by MPs
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An astonishing picture emerges of the town’s demise from ‘premier business location’ to bankruptcy
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Exclusive: first audit of spaces reveals people visited to due to loneliness as well as to keep warm
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Trussell Trust says it gave out nearly 3m food parcels in year and 750,000 people visited for first time
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Child safeguarding practice review panel says harm was result of day-to-day failures and oversight
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Local government ombudsman rules that delay in finding suitable accommodation for family occasioned serious health risks