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 ...

By David Hunter The third sector is set to play an increasing role in the delivery of public services particularly in employment training, children's services, correctional services and education. The ...

There is a growing view that services need to be shaped by and responsive to children and young people – but what does this mean in practice? Robert Maragh, Head of Integrated Children’s Commissioning ...

Headlines: June 20th, 2003 . The standard of initial teacher training has improved, but the training providers could do better. This is the conclusion of the education watchdog, Ofsted, after ...

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 ...