This is a dark day. Two social-care colleagues, Ruth Wyner and John
Brock of Wintercomfort in Cambridge, have begun long prison sentences.
Why? They were presumed unwilling to cooperate fully with the police
to combat a drugs problem at their homeless day centre. Thousands of
social workers like myself working with homeless people have been
effectively criminalised and the confidentiality rules of professional
bodies like the British Association of Social Workers destroyed. We
are all made coppers' narks over night.

Prof David Brandon,
Cambridge