COUNCILS SURPASS RECYCLING TARGET AS WASTE LEVELS FALL

The Government believes the tide of waste may have turned with the publication of new figures that show a drop in municipal waste last year of three per cent – the biggest fall on record. The new statistics also reveal that the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites was down by ten per cent.

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NAO REPORT LOOKS TO TACKLE ‘FAILURE’ IN PUBLIC SECTOR IT PROJECTS

A report today from the National Audit Office looks at how IT systems can be introduced successfully in public services and says it will help to move away from the current situation where IT projects in the public sector are often associated with failure. The report says the successful introduction of IT systems is a crucial element in major Government programmes and it pinpoints factors which have contributed to success and looks at how they can be repeated.

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By Sophie Watson with David Studdert Many retail markets have been in decline over the last 20 years, often as a result of a lack of investment by the local authority. The authors describe the growing interest in using markets to deliver many government agendas, such as healthy eating, social cohesion and sustainable communities. Because of the neglect of markets in local communities they call for a strengthening of their role in community development and local regeneration policies.