Councils, and all public sector workers faced with the challenge of market-testing their services, will welcome recognition from the Government that the quality and training of staff represents an ...

This report from Communities and Local Government investigates how councils are using e-government to respond to the needs of the socially excluded and in doing so contribute to the development of a ...

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 ...

Local authorities in four areas will benefit from 310 million pounds in Private Finance Initiative Credits to help divert more than a million tonnes of waste away from landfill. Defra says the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Local authority leaders have criticised the lack of consistency in a Treasury Select Committee report on losses incurred when Icelandic banks collapsed. The committee is recommending that charities ...

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 ...

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 ...