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 ...

This document from the Cabinet Office sets out a strategy for voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises. It outlines the scale and nature of the opportunities being made ...

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 ...

More people are being prosecuted for illegally dumping rubbish but fly-tipping is still costing local authorities almost a million pounds a week. New figures show English authorities brought nearly ...

People living in Bristol are being given a chance to have their say on a big regeneration scheme in the south of the city. The plan is to boost health, leisure, training and employment opportunities ...

The collapse of Carillion and cuts in public service capital spending are having a devastating effect on sub-contractors. Major construction companies secure most of the public service contracts who ...

This new edition is filled with new case examples such as Hurricane Katrina and profiles of great leaders such as Mother Theresa, Thomas Keller, and others. The book sets out a structural framework ...

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 ...

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It describes a pioneering mobile chemotherapy service from cancer charity Tenovus.

The National School of Government has set up an Innovation Hub to develop know-how on stimulating and supporting innovation in government and the public services. The hub is one of a range of ...

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 ...