Headlines: June 30th, 2009 . Council leaders have published their own plans for a rebalancing of democracy in favour of voters. The Local Government Association published its manifesto for a new ...

The Secretary of State for Education, David Blunkett, has told senior managers in local government that they should take the lead in forging a new role for themselves. He told the annual conference of ...

A new report says effective use of Information Technology has the potential to allow people to exercise real choice and control over schools, GPs, hospitals and other public services. The report from ...

The number of people casting a vote in this year’s local elections in areas trying out new forms of balloting went down in most cases. A study by the Electoral Reform Society shows that in only one ...

Headlines: June 23rd, 1998 . The Government says its own departments and local government must work harder to make life easier for small businesses. Small Firms Minister Barbara Roche says she wants ...

Councils could deliver £10b efficiency saving annually by adopting new procurement processes and making better use of spending analysis. But to make the saving the procurement expertise of council ...

Headlines: June 22nd, 2002 . The Scottish Criminal Record Office and the Scottish Executive have gone into partnership with BT to develop a major new service which will tell employers whether new ...

Features: June 19th, 2015 . Buying at the best price is important in cutting costs, but Nigel Crunden explains that it is only part of smart procurement. A report by the chairman of the NHS ...

Capital funding has become scarce and councils need to adopt the private sector approach and think about what value they can realise from their assets. This advice comes from the Audit Commission. The ...

The Cabinet Office has signed up 100,000 Big Society ‘Digital Champions’ to help millions of adults get online by the time the Olympics comes to Britain. The champions are employees and users of ...

Despite tough times ahead, there is still political consensus around the goal to end child poverty. The recession has brought changes, one of which will be that children are likely to experience more ...

Projects to trial local services in supporting claimants who have difficulty in coping with the all computerised Universal Credit benefits system are to be set up in six areas. Universal Credit is ...