The Civil Service summer placement scheme for 2004 is being expanded by some 60% and it will be opened up to disabled graduates. 

The setting up of nine regional centers of procurement excellence will boost implementation of the national procurement strategy launched last Autumn. The strategy seeks to change the tradition of individual purchasing decisions by over 400 separate councils, often buying the same thing. 

By Steven JonesThis article discusses the various initiatives that have been introduced to measure and improve local government performance in the UK over the past decade. It explains why the Local Government Improvement Programme (LGIP) is the most aligned to the modernization and performance improvement agendas.