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- ↑ Alan Rusbridger, Christmas 2011 charity appeal: Giving hope to marginalised young people, Guardian editorial, 25 November 2011.
- ↑ Alison Benjamin, Social problems need early action, says Community Links, Guardian, 17 November 2010.
- ↑ Vibeka Mair, Task Force says negative language holds back early-action projects, Civil Society, 12 November 2011.
- ↑ Will Horwitz, The rhetoric and reality of early action on social problems, Touchstone (Trades Union Congress blog), 23 November 2011.