This report published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister looks at change and successes against the aims set out in the national Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy, and also sets out ideas for ...

Young people are often unfairly demonised in current debates about anti-social behaviour. This article describes how reward schemes work and it looks at the effect of rewarding young people for ...

The VOICE toolkit has gone live following two years of developing the e-democracy project. This online facility brings together neighbourhoods, community groups, parish and town councils, and elected ...

According to research published by the Chartered Management Institute and Workplace Health Connect, sickness levels are increasing, but managers in the sector are unwilling to report their symptoms.

A new independent survey has found that a big majority of teachers believe school inspections help them set future priorities. The study by the National Foundation for Educational Research also ...

Councils and other public bodies need to start sharing services, people and other assets if they hope to protect front line services during the post-election cuts, according to the Chartered Institute ...

Mark Raeburn’s viewpoint on children and family services from Capita One. One of the real highlights of my job is visiting local authorities and finding out how the successful early help initiatives ...

This report of the working group who examined worklessness is published by Communities and Local Government. The term worklessness describes the condition where a large number of people are excluded ...

Ten ideas to benefit communities submitted by local councils have received government backing. Communities and Local Government chose the ‘Top Ten’ ideas, which will receive Government support. They ...

Ten councils are to share more than 600,000 pounds of Government funding to develop pilot schemes to make it easier for about a million people to get information about their services. The schemes ...

A local government think-tank says that the government and water companies are waking up to some hard truths about water supply and treatment. The Local Government Information Unit says councils and ...

New measures are being brought in by the Cabinet Office to ensure that civil servants from under-represented or disadvantaged groups can succeed in the civil service. An updated version of the ...