This report from the Department for Work and Pensions sets out an approach to measuring attitudes to age and quantifying the experiences of ageism in Britain. It provides a framework for assessing ...

In this article Brian Bacon argues that two big leadership lessons can be drawn from observation of Nelson Mandela’s life and time in history. The first lesson is that it takes more than a single ...

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 ...

Young people end up living on the streets when they feel that overstretched social services departments cannot help them, according to a new report today. The study by the children’s charity NPSCC and ...

Local Authorities have again been warned that the Government is ready to cap any councils judged to have proposed an excessive increase in Council Tax. The clear message came from Local Government ...

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 ...

Martha Lane Fox, the UK digital Champion, has called for public services to be delivered online or by other digital means. In her report she argues that public services should provide higher quality ...

Local authorities and other bodies considering measures to cut people’s use of their cars are being urged to think again. An international conference will be told today that car reduction policies can ...

Marilyn J. Davidson and Ronald J. Burke set out facts, figures and analysis from more than 30 experts. They examine evidence that helps in understanding the values, norms and cultural issues bearing ...

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 ...