The total place approach is already gaining ground and the task now is to take it forward into everyday behaviour in public services. This round up of views from the regional improvement and ...

Recruitment and retention is now a major concern for local authorities and other public sector bodies. From a peak of 7.5 million in 1979, the number of public sector employees dropped to less than ...

Placed based budgets, which are vital to the development of the total place approach, are supported by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. He revealed that among other supporters are the Prime ...

The 32 London councils and the City of London are collaborating to take a more joined- up, Total Place style approach, through improved partnership working. A report from PA Consulting Group ...

By Chris Holmes There is growing concern about communities in Britain which do not function properly, especially some of the estates built as social housing that are now occupied only by people with ...

ICT professionals must take a lead in pursuing the digital agenda, as well as running their legacy estates. Failure to do this will mean that others will decide the future direction of ICT in their ...

Describes the recently revamped system used by the UK government department, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to recruit staff, showing how the introduction of competency-based selection and a ...

By Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro and Ian Kessler.Given that the contingent worker is likely to be a familiar presence in the public service workplace of the future, this paper explores the ...

By Conor RyanThe pamphlet recognizes recent improvements in education but highlights weaknesses. A quarter of children are unable to read and write adequately, there are problems with much teacher ...

An Inquiry into Balanced Scorecards within Best Value Implementation in UK Local Government is published in Public Administration Volume 81: Issue 4 ISSN: 0033-3298.

This report by Logica and Teleconomy argues that Government has a vital role to play in driving UK smart card adoption. The UK public are more prepared to supply personal details for use in public ...

The Cabinet Office and the Improvement and Development Agency are urging public bodies to identify ‘avoidable contact’ with customers. National Indicator 14 is one of the 198 indicators against which ...