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 ...

Helping people to be active is important for their health, for tackling social exclusion and for regeneration. The level of activity can vary from gyms and swimming pools to art galleries and museums.

Larger councils have a wellbeing power to promote the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of their area, but few are making use of it. Research has revealed that only 1 in 12 councils have ...

The National Audit Office has called for a re-think of the way public bodies procure goods and service in the light of high profile failures in contract management. The NAO has published two reports ...

English Council leaders have warned that people under the age of 18 should be barred from using sunbeds to help prevent skin cancer. They are also calling for a ban on unstaffed tanning salons in ...

A major survey today reveals that the overwhelming majority of young people are healthy, sporting, community-minded and conscientious about school. The study from the Office for Standards in Education ...

This report commissioned by the Rural Services Network concluded that existing measures are inadequate to the scale of the problem. The research confirmed expectations that fuel disadvantage is having ...

Sharing is an increasingly important element of local public services sourcing strategy with benefits extending well beyond cost saving says latest Socitm Pocket Guide. The Guide, from the Society of ...

Business travellers rely on their cars because they believe public transport is not fit for purpose, according to a study launched today by the RAC Foundation and the British Chambers of Commerce.

ResPublica, the indpendant thinktank, warns that the NHS faces a £3 billion bill as residential care homes shut their doors forcing hospitals to care for the elderly. In The Care Collapse: The ...

Local authorities and councils are being given new guidance on how they can take a lead in the Government’s ‘Prevent’ policy, part of the strategy to combat terrorism. The Local Government Association ...