Editors: Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Beckhard and Richard F. SchubertThis third volume from the Drucker Foundation Future Series focuses on the basis of society itself – the community. The powerful essays explore what our communities will look like tomorrow – how we will live, work, communicate, educate our children, and govern ourselves. Their views range across businesses, to communities of faith, to schools, to cyberspace – the gamut of human communities. The essays help to identify and anticipate the trends that transform society and assess the impact of new communications technology, including global and virtual communications. They also help in creating organizational communities and communities in the workplace.

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The government’s e-Envoy has unveiled the first stage of a new online service- Directgov – which is designed to make it much easier to find and access government information and services electronically. Visitors to the UK Online web site will be able to try out Directgov over the next few weeks and provide feedback on it.The system has been developed to bring together information from several Whitehall departments in one place, making it easier for users to find what they want from government, rather than having to search a number of departmental sites. It means, for example, that the parent of a young disabled child wanting to send them to the local mainstream school will be able to find out about the type and level of support available without having to go to the Department for Education and Skills or Department of Work and Pensions sites.

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Most local councils have heeded government calls for council tax rises in low single figures, according to the most comprehensive survey to date of local authorities across Great Britain. It means householders in some parts of the country will be facing their lowest increases ever but the Local Government Association has said this has been achieved at a price and has repeated calls for reform.The survey by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) shows council tax bills in Great Britain will rise on average by 62 pounds to 1,142 pounds for a band D property.

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