The way in which councils are interpreting the eligibility criteria for adult social care is inequitable and has produced a post code lottery. This is a key finding of a review by the Commission for ...

Phil Neal examines how local authorities can overcome some of the challenges they face as they prepare for phase two of the Troubled Families scheme. The work already underway to improve outcomes for ...

There is more conflict in the public sector workplace than there is in the private sector where conflict is better managed. These findings come from a new report ‘Fight, Flight or Face It’ published ...

National Health service patients, doctors and nurses are to be asked for their views on a new system of managing information as part of a major consultation on patient privacy to be carried out by the ...

The Local Government Association has teamed up with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to develop a tool designed to help local authorities deliver real improvement in the services they provide ...

A new cross-sector forum offers those in the public sector grappling with the e-government challenge access to the ideas, tools and guidance they will need to effect real change in their organisations ...

E-government initiatives are now top priorities for governments around the world. But the development of e-government services in the UK is happening against a backdrop of criticism about projects ...

More detail has emerged about the new ‘countryside agency’ due to start next April following the merger of the Countryside Commission and Rural Development Commission.The new merged agency will have ...

The task of the new procurement division of the Highways Agency will be to streamline buying and issuing of contracts in order that the roads programme is speeded up in line with the government’s ...

Neighbourhood watch programmes have been operating in the UK for more than a quarter of a century and this report assesses their effectiveness. Neighbourhood Watch is based on the principle that ...

This document is designed to help public sector bodies think about the benefits of e-government such as making them easier to access, more convenient to use, more responsive and more transparent. It ...