The Federation of Electronics Industries, the Department for the Environment Transport and the Regions, the Improvement and Development Agency and local councils are sharing in an initiative to promote e-government. The project, which is funded by the DETR will run until April 2002.The collaborative venture is bringing together a critical mass of councils working in similar ways to take e-government forward at the local level. 

The Pay Review Body has recommended that doctors and dentists receive a pay rise of 3.9% across the board and nurses 3.7%. Inflation stands at 3.2%. The Government will implement the recommendations in full from April 2001. Health Secretary Alan Milburn claimed the pay rises will help increase still further the numbers of trained, qualified staff working in the NHS.