A new working group has begun looking at the best ways to implement local government reorganisation if regional assemblies are set up in the North West of England, the North East or Yorkshire and the Humber. 

Most young people want the government to be tougher on crime, including taking a stronger stand against drugs, and they want better education for all but do not trust the present government to deliver improved standards in state schools.These are among the wide-ranging findings of The Young People’s Survey of Great Britain published today. 

E-commerce is changing business practices on a global scale and public services are moving rapidly into electronic procurement. This White Paper explains how the Improvement and Development Agency’s IDeA Marketplace and Oracle’s iProcurement system can work together to satisfy the total procurement, financial accounting and reporting requirements of a council. Each of the two systems can provide significant benefits to a council seeking to modernize it’s procurement processes.