When the waters of deficit reduction have subsided the total place legacy will be there to help in the process of rebuilding public services. The brand will disappear, but the principles will be ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Councils are facing unprecedented challenges with the most severe budget cuts in living memory likely to be announced in the coming months. At the same time there is a need to transform services with ...

The briefing material of new, or perhaps re-shuffled ministers, will include reports relating to total place which were published in the run up to the election. Taken together they form a blue print ...

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 ...

With the challenge of finding ways to cut budgets by 25 per cent, a survey has revealed that public services find difficulty in analysing how taxpayers’ money is spent. There is a limited use of ...

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 ...

A new era is dawning in which information sharing between social workers, multi-agency teams and families will help ensure vulnerable children get the support they need, sooner. Mark Raeburn lays out ...

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 ...