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 ...

Local authorities’ role in scrutinising health services has helped to bring about an increasingly constructive and collaborative approach between health bodies and local councils in achieving public ...

A national network is being set up to deliver high-quality continuing professional development to science teachers and technicians. The first centre will open in October 2004 and a national centre in ...

IPPR has called for the introduction of a troubled lives programme to improve the service that is given to people with multiple problems and to cut the cost of service provision. The programme would ...

Local authority social services departments are facing an increasingly tough environment in which to deliver their services but they have to ensure they find ways to sort out how to help potential ...

The appointments of Keith Hellawell, as the UK Anti Drugs Co-ordinator and Michael Trace, as his deputy mark the first step towards a coherent anti drugs strategy.The need for a more coherent approach ...

The authors explain that the issue has arisen out of the modernization of public service delivery. In many countries, central and local governments and other public bodies are focusing on open ...

This paper from the Audit Commission looks at how lessons from partnership working can be used to tackle some of the problems facing local strategic partnerships working on neighbourhood renewal. It ...

The Programme for action sets out a three-year plan to carry forward the Recommendations in the 2002 Cross-Cutting Spending Review on health inequalities. The purpose of the programme is to ensure ...

Government plans for councils asset sales could undermine the resilience of communities, according to the Development Trusts Association. It is calling for assurances that any asset sales will include ...