The Government says it has listened to - and implemented - the ideas put forward in far-reaching consultation with people living in deprived areas.It says that more than 85 per cent of the 569 recommendations made by cross-cutting Policy Action Teams (PATS) are now central to Government strategy aimed at improving deprived neighbourhoods. 

The lessons learned from the establishment of Education Action Zones (EAZs) can be applied to other government programmes involving the setting up of innovative new bodies, says the National Audit Office (NAO).The debate may continue about the educational achievements of the EAZs, or their success at developing true partnerships with business, but they have proved so far to be a safe method of administering resources. 

Skinner JThe International Journal of Public Sector Management, (UK), 2000 Vol 13 No 6
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Examines the implementation of the UK 1998 Crime and Disorder Act from a participant-observer perspective; focuses on the problems and issues that have arisen with regard to agency joint working to tackle crime in the community over a two year period.