Chief executives of the unitary councils to be set up in April 2009 will face severe challenges and heightened expectations of the people who live in Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Durham, Northumberland, Shropshire, and Wiltshire. Local Government Minister John Healey has called for these councils to take advantage of their new start to bring in fresh blood to the senior management teams.
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 managers to share with their peers the latest developments in their fields and to buy web services and consultancy on how they can improve the way they can communicate better with the public.
Eduserv is a professional organisation with a charitable mission.
By Santosh Rai
Increasing participation at community level improves local service delivery, raises local accountability and develops cohesive communities. But there is a mismatch between ambitions for governance and the reality of governance for black and minority ethnic women. There are many and varied motivations which lead them to contribute to community life, but frustration and dissatisfaction with the operation of local governance structures is a common reality.
This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. In a wide-ranging interview Jonathon Porritt, environmental campaigner and chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, outlines how the Climate Change Bill will impact local authorities across the country.
He highlights the Carbon Reduction Commitment as a legislative component that will mandate councils to manage carbon allowances and make operational adjustments.
Interventions to reduce crime result in undesigned outcomes and it is important to understand what they are in order to get value for money. Crime reduction is a principal feature of the New Deal for Communities and this report from Communities and Local Government examines how crime is displaced as criminals go for the softer option outside the area of intervention and how benefits can spill out to surrounding areas.
This paper from Communities and Local Government identifies the economic reasons why place matters.
Drivers of productivity come together in places. Places offer a combination of assets which can boost the productivity of firms and attract the skilled workers they need. Place is becoming increasingly important in a globalising world of mobile investment and people.
Place can and does impact on economic and social outcomes.
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