This article was first published in Public Management and Policy and is reproduced by permission of the Association. http://www.cipfa.org.uk/pmpa/index.cfm The party ...

This report from the Young Foundation and the IDeA highlights that promoting and influencing happiness is no longer just an aspiration. As the recession forces difficult public spending choices, ...

The local delivery of services designed to cut the rate of teenage pregnancies is crucial to their success according to the Minister for Children, Young People and Families, Beverley Hughes, but she ...

ICT managers have bigger budgets, more staff and greater influence over the future development of services. This is the conclusion of the latest edition of the Society of IT Management’s annual IT ...

This feature describes how West Devon Borough Council developed barcoded billing for the payment of Council bills and replaced swipecards. The Council worked in partnership with allpay and introduced ...

The performance of single tier and county councils is improving overall, but new figures from the Audit Commission show that many local people still remain to be convinced. For the first time since ...

Compares trends in local government in The Netherlands and Germany, chronicling the progress of local government reform in both countries over the past twenty years. Sees the 1980s in The Netherlands ...

Following criticism from the Public Accounts Committee that delayed discipline cases cost the NHS 40 million pounds annually, new procedures are to be introduced for doctors and dentists. Currently ...

All public bodies are faced with making an annual saving of 2.5% over the next three years and the launch of an online e-procurement service will make this more achievable. More efficient procurement ...

Universities and colleges in the North East have signed a commitment to joint working with the region’s development agency (RDA).The arrangement covers the sharing of resources for the benefit of the ...

Essex County Council is to finance family and community-based work with young people on the edge of care or custody with Social Impact Bonds. Essex is the first council to launch a bond funded ...

Councils have been told they need to look at how to make every pound they spend stretch as far as possible. The call has come from the the Local Government Minister, John Healey, following the ...