A survey of council websites to find out how well they promoted the county council elections produced a disappointing result. The survey was carried out by the Society of IT Management. The key ...

The National Audit Office has identified key management practices that it recommends to those further education colleges in poor financial health.In its latest report, NAO says that financial ...

The Welsh Assembly Government relies heavily on asset-based welfare as part of its approach to tackling child poverty, but the policy is threatened by plans to change the national Child Trust Fund ...

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It reviews the way the Government Secure Intranet is enabling central and local ...

An in-depth study of the current revolution in council management has shown that the new structures being set up are not being linked to the change that they are supposed to bring about.The old ...

Severe operating problems are being experienced with the new IT system for registering births and deaths. About half the Registry Offices across England and Wales have reverted to manual records local ...

The Local Government Association (LGA) is pulling in support in its bid to keep school funding in local council hands.It is calling a meeting of all those organisations with an interest in education ...

Public service unions have reacted angrily to the employers’ submission to the Local Government Pay Commission. UNISON, the United Kingdom’s largest trade union, has branded the employers’ views as ...

The continuing flow of new large scale computer systems that failed to deliver results, such as those at the Passport Office and the Probation Service, has prompted another initiative to get better ...

Councils have been invited to run pilot projects to explore the issues of delivering Universal Credit which will replace the current benefit and tax credit systems. From October 2013, tax credits and ...