This New Policy Institute annual report of indicators of poverty and social exclusion in the United Kingdom provides a comprehensive analysis of trends and differences between groups. A wide range of ...

The new style city development companies, proposed in the local government white paper, will look very much like Urban Regeneration Companies. A consultation document from the Department for ...

An all party committee of MPs has called on the Government to devise a joined up, cross-government strategy to prevent homelessness. Evidence to the committee revealed that across Great Britain, tens ...

Some local councils are accused today of rejecting too many challenges to the parking fines they impose. An article in the January 2008 issue of ‘Which?’ magazine says, though, that the number of ...

This report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development highlights how organisations are developing a range of different methods to assess the value of learning. Learning, training and ...

A scheme to improve the nutritional content of take-away food is being pioneered by Liverpool City Council. The Eatright Campaign has been launched following a 1.5 million pound investment by the city ...

Local Government has a new brand. Called ‘My Council’ it has been launched by the Local Government Association and has been designed to show people the range of services that councils provide and how ...

The Local Government Association has set out what it calls four ‘citizens tests’ for evaluating and comparing how well local councils are governing. They were outlined by the association’s chairman, ...

Most English councils are performing well according to the latest assessment by the Audit Commission but it says some authorities are finding improvement a challenge and ten have gained only one or no ...

Local councils in Wales are to share a further 27 million pounds on top of the 3.2 billion pound settlement announced for local government there last month. Assembly Local Government Minister, Sue ...

This publication from the Local Government Association recognizes that many communities view new development with suspicion and even hostility. Although the need for housing for people is acknowledged ...

Government proposals amounting to the most fundamental changes in the operation of bus services for 20 years have been greeted by local government as a victory for common sense and welcomed as vital ...