This report commissioned by the Rural Services Network concluded that existing measures are inadequate to the scale of the problem. The research confirmed expectations that fuel disadvantage is having ...

Sharing is an increasingly important element of local public services sourcing strategy with benefits extending well beyond cost saving says latest Socitm Pocket Guide. The Guide, from the Society of ...

Harrow Council has completely automated its handling of parking fines by introducing an online appeals and payment process for penalty charges via its website (www.harrow.gov.uk). Since August 2012, ...

Representatives of more than 20 local authorities and health trusts have signed up for a groundbreaking conference that will show how they can manage public services in church buildings. They will be ...

Local authorities are facing a huge task to get care users ready for the shift to a market in services, according to the think-tank, Dermos. It has published figures which show more than 80 per cent ...

The Audit Commission is unveiling plans to improve the reliability of facts and figures used by public bodies when they make decisions. It says councils, health trusts, emergency services, and the ...

Senior managers in the public sector are in denial about low levels of trust in their organisations. This warning comes from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. The CIPD survey of ...

The evaluation of pilot projects showed that the economic downturn is having an adverse effect on child poverty and that intervention to alleviate the impact of poverty is too narrowly focused. The ...

This paper from Communities and Local Government distils out learning from the New Deal for Communities programme about neighbourhood level masterplanning. Masterplanning involves bringing together ...

An estimated 35,000 people across Britain face the prospect of losing their home between now and Christmas day, Shelter says today. The warning comes as the charity launches its new advertising ...

Colleges are charging excessive management fees to small companies who need funding for apprenticeship schemes. With charges as high as 39 percent, the practice is undermining the funding ...

In this book Eric Beaudan describes the ultimate game–changer for reinventing strategy and igniting people. Whether it was Alexander the Great or Lord Horatio Nelson, the management team at Toyota or ...