Society daily: 07.09.10

• John Philpott, chief economic advisor of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, who has blogged on the gloomy consequences of cutting the deficit too quickly ... (thanks @FlipchartFT)

"Unemployment will rise, especially in those areas of the UK most dependent on public spending; living standards will be squeezed; and the social fabric will come under greater strain than for any time in a generation."

• Mike Baker on the controversial £400m school opening in Los Angeles on the site of Bobby Kennedy's assassination ...

• Blogger Redundant Public Servant rightfully questions my lazy description of him in yesterday's Society daily as a "victim" of public sector spending cuts. (Apologies, hasty journalese) ...

• Blogger Mike Chitty takes issue with Leeds's "Knightsbridge of the North" city centre redevelopment strategy (and see also John Baron's GuardianLeeds blog and poll, with thriving debate as to whether Leeds city centre is "dead and sanitised") ...

Preview: tomorrow's Society Guardian supplement

Cuts special: Anna Bawden reports on frontline services starting to be hit by cuts and our specialist writers examine where the full force of next month's spending review will be felt. Randeep Ramesh on the NHS; Tom Clark on welfare; Alison Benjamin on the voluntary sector, Patrick Butler on children's services, David Brindle on adult services, Rachel Williams on youth, Peter Hetherington on housing; Alan Travis on criminal justice and Mary O'Hara on mental health.

Carlene Firmin on why services for girls must be saved. Nick Seddon, from thinktank Reform, on how to make smart cuts. David Brindle on a survey that reveals charging for some council services may be an option to save others. Nick Johnson, chief executive of the Social Care Association on why the General Social Care Council quango should be saved. Leading Questions: Bob Kerslake, outgoing head of the HCA on how to make cuts.

Plus there's an interview with the leading scientist Heinz Wolff on the limits of technology for helping older people.

Events

Driving efficiencies in public sector ICT, 30 September, London: a one-day conference for senior IT professionals to re-examine the way they work, cut costs and deliver vital efficiency savings.

Public sector online, 4 October, London: a one-day conference examining how public sector professionals can engage with their audience to deliver services more effectively and strategically online.