This report sets out the findings from a survey of the business community on their views of the way regulations are enforced by local councils and fire and rescue services. The majority of businesses ...

A range of new ideas – many of them thought up in discussions with older people – are transforming the older person’s experience of services from their local councils.Today (Friday), several of those ...

Funding given to the police in April 2009 to deter criminals and increase the prospect of conviction is now delivering results. The technology they bought included automatic number plate recognition ...

New measures have been unveiled to speed up planning decisions and to encourage local authorities to make use of a power being introduced soon to raise funds from developers to support local ...

Almost 200 million pounds is being made available for three Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder projects in the north of England. The funding has been announced by the Deputy Prime Minister who said it ...

Average council tax rises across the country will be the lowest ever, according to figures from the Government. The average band D council tax increase will be three per cent and, given that the ...

This document from the Department for Health and Communities and Local Government sets out a framework for commissioning services. It focuses on partnership between everyone that can contribute to ...

This paper from the Local Government Association and the Improvement and Development Agency sets out initial views about the nature and purpose of a strategy for improving local government. It ...

England’s 15,000th Higher Level Teaching Assistant has started work this week. Nazish Mohammed has joined the staff at Heald Place School in Manchester to reach the milestone. The assistants are ...

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It features an interview with the Chief Executive of Woking Borough Council who ...

The e-tendering pilot scheme launched by the Office for Government Commerce in July 2001 has been wound up. The pilot, involving ten government departments, was a web-based system for purchasing goods ...

have been shown in recent surveys to feel undervalued and overworked. ‘Making a Difference: Reducing General Practitioner (GP) Paperwork’ delivers 36 practical measures that will reduce the amount of ...