This report from the New Local Government Network argues that decisions on public services across health, leisure, transport and the local environment should be handed down to individuals and ...

The public services union, UNISON, is calling on politicians to pay attention to the views of social workers who have set out their key priorities for improving child protection. In a survey they ...

This report from Communities and Local Government describes how expenditure of all public bodies in an area was assessed and used as a basis for the work of the Total Place pilot projects. It explores ...

Securing greater efficiency across public services is a top priority for the new Government. Scepticism about delivery of the promised savings expressed during the election campaign has put the focus ...

Swanson’s methods allow programme developers and managers to define clear objectives, assess an organisation’s unique systems and missions, analyze necessary worker knowledge and expertise, define the ...

The High Court has ruled in favour of a trade union trying to block measures that would reduce the level of redundancy pay for civil servants. Lawyers representing the Public and Commercial Services ...

Graham WhiteThe devolution of power to new parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland offers the possibility of tailoring policy to local conditions and priorities and this article gives ...

Many of us are afraid of failure and spend our lives trying to avoid it. But society’s most high achieving figures would all recognise that failure has been an integral part of their success. In 2009, ...

From September 2004, 14 year olds will be able to enrol for skills training in the new ‘Young Apprenticeships’ scheme. Students will continue their studies following the core national curriculum but ...

Sets out a six-step plan to manage 360-degree feedback, based on work done by the Whitbread Group. Advises human resource managers to make sure that the 360-degree feedback is part of the organization ...

The NHS has signed up to framework agreements with Eduserv, the not-for-profit IT services group, to supply IT products and services. The framework agreements will allow GPs, nurses, and health ...

Technology colleges are to be set up across the regions of England to help businesses struggling to fill skilled information technology jobs.Eighteen regional groupings of higher education ...