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 politics as hundreds of ...

Children and young people who misuse alcohol are left without the appropriate help at times because of inconsistencies in the services designed to help them, according to a report today. The report ...

In “It’s ours: why we, not government, must own our data”, Liam Maxwell says improving Government use of IT is not just a question of effective project management but also of changing the assumptions ...

The draft Measure would place a duty on all Welsh local councils to introduce a code of conduct for behaviour on buses after consultation with schools, further education institutions, parents and ...

The latest cuts in local government budgets announced by the Chancellor have intensified the search for innovative ways to deal with the new situation. One way to address this is to spin-out a ...

This report published by the Health and Safety Executive shows that just over a fifth of British workers are concerned about work-related stress. The 2004/05 Workforce Survey indicates that around 13 ...

Councils could deliver £10b efficiency saving annually by adopting new procurement processes and making better use of spending analysis. But to make the savings, the procurement expertise of council ...

The Campaign for Better Transport is revealing Government figures it has been given in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. These show that the Highways Agency’s road building programme ...

Local authorities looking for innovative new ways of delivering services to deal with the drive for more responsive services in a tight financial climate are turning to social enterprise companies.

The adoption of spot check follows a successful pilot programme where the normalwarning several months in advance was replaced by five days notice. Theprogramme involved 12 volunteer housing ...

I’ll admit, initially the idea of consulting directly with children and young people was daunting for many of the people involved. There are around 73,000 under-19s in Newham. The sheer number of ...