More light has been thrown on the innovative methods public agencies are to employ to breathe fresh life into schemes which get long term unemployed people into work.
Liverpool & Sefton’s Employment Zone, in the first such deal of its kind, sees the Ford Motor Company taking on and training unemployed people for up to six months at the full rate for the job, while they also work for a vocational qualification and a job reference. 

The Local Government Association is moving to deliver Labour’s hopes of IT as the solution to the communication challenges ahead. It has awarded a contract to BT to develop an advanced information service to improve communications between the association, local councils and the public.
The LGA represents more than 500 local authorities serving more than 50 million people.
LGAnet, as the network is called, involves a sophisticated Intranet, Extranet and Internet service. 

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