This report published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister looks at change and successes against the aims set out in the national Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy, and also sets out ideas for ...

Mark Raeburn’s viewpoint on children and family services from Capita One. One of the real highlights of my job is visiting local authorities and finding out how the successful early help initiatives ...

A local government think-tank says that the government and water companies are waking up to some hard truths about water supply and treatment. The Local Government Information Unit says councils and ...

The VOICE toolkit has gone live following two years of developing the e-democracy project. This online facility brings together neighbourhoods, community groups, parish and town councils, and elected ...

The New Local Government Network has called on the government to avoid a dangerous decline in public trust in councils by including measures in its plans for local government audit that will boost ...

This report of the working group who examined worklessness is published by Communities and Local Government. The term worklessness describes the condition where a large number of people are excluded ...

According to research published by the Chartered Management Institute and Workplace Health Connect, sickness levels are increasing, but managers in the sector are unwilling to report their symptoms.

A new independent survey has found that a big majority of teachers believe school inspections help them set future priorities. The study by the National Foundation for Educational Research also ...

Ten ideas to benefit communities submitted by local councils have received government backing. Communities and Local Government chose the ‘Top Ten’ ideas, which will receive Government support. They ...

New measures are being brought in by the Cabinet Office to ensure that civil servants from under-represented or disadvantaged groups can succeed in the civil service. An updated version of the ...

Councils should look more urgently at developing cost-saving self-service models of delivery as they search for ways to cut expenditure. This is a key finding from the Society of IT Management in its ...

Public Administration. Vol 81. Issue 1. Published by Blackwell. ISSN: 0033-3298.