It is aimed at anyone who wants to understand why change happens, how it happens and what needs to be done to make change a welcome rather than a dreaded concept. It offers considered insights into ...

Council leaders have published their own plans for a rebalancing of democracy in favour of voters. The Local Government Association published its manifesto for a new politics as hundreds of ...

Children and young people who misuse alcohol are left without the appropriate help at times because of inconsistencies in the services designed to help them, according to a report today. The report ...

In “It’s ours: why we, not government, must own our data”, Liam Maxwell says improving Government use of IT is not just a question of effective project management but also of changing the assumptions ...

The draft Measure would place a duty on all Welsh local councils to introduce a code of conduct for behaviour on buses after consultation with schools, further education institutions, parents and ...

The latest cuts in local government budgets announced by the Chancellor have intensified the search for innovative ways to deal with the new situation. One way to address this is to spin-out a ...

Councils could deliver £10b efficiency saving annually by adopting new procurement processes and making better use of spending analysis. But to make the savings, the procurement expertise of council ...

The Campaign for Better Transport is revealing Government figures it has been given in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. These show that the Highways Agency’s road building programme ...

Performance of civil servants will be improved by placing the ten per cent of least well performing staff on probation. Failure to move on from the ten percent group would lead to dismissal. This is a ...

Local authorities looking for innovative new ways of delivering services to deal with the drive for more responsive services in a tight financial climate are turning to social enterprise companies.

The debate about improving public services has now moved on from whether to involve the third sector to how to best engage with providers. John Hutton, secretary of state for work and pensions, ...