The Institute of Government has proposed radical new ways of working to bolster fragile Whitehall departments threatened by further civil service salami slicing as more cuts to departmental budgets ...

Community leaders are being urged to look to the future and to build on the success of the New Deal for Communities programme over the past ten years. The programme is due to end in 2010 and the ...

The pressure on town councils to move forward efficiently is increasing, with resources and budgets being stretched across the board. At the same time, the responsibilities of town councils and the ...

Social media is seen by some as a threat to society and to law and order. This view was re-enforced by the use of BlackBerry Messenger in the riots. Peter Ship describes how the reverse is true.

Social enterprises run by people from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds are missing out on help from Government according to a campaigning group. Voice4Change England wants them to get ...

Climate Change Minister Phil Woolas has set out the vital role that councils can play in fighting climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions, both through their own actions and by setting an ...

Helping people to be active is important for their health, for tackling social exclusion and for regeneration. The level of activity can vary from gyms and swimming pools to art galleries and museums.

Larger councils have a wellbeing power to promote the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of their area, but few are making use of it. Research has revealed that only 1 in 12 councils have ...

The National Audit Office has called for a re-think of the way public bodies procure goods and service in the light of high profile failures in contract management. The NAO has published two reports ...

English Council leaders have warned that people under the age of 18 should be barred from using sunbeds to help prevent skin cancer. They are also calling for a ban on unstaffed tanning salons in ...

A major survey today reveals that the overwhelming majority of young people are healthy, sporting, community-minded and conscientious about school. The study from the Office for Standards in Education ...

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 ...