WASTE STRATEGY ‘LEAVES QUESTIONS UNANSWERED’

Vital questions about how to cut dramatically the amount of rubbish being generated have been left unanswered by the Government’s Waste Strategy for England, according to the Local Government Association. It is concerned, too, that recycling targets have been increased and that these will be unreachable without proper investment.

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COUNCILS URGED TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES TO BOOST SATISFACTION LEVELS

Councils are being urged to use new devolutionary powers to ensure their local communities are engaged with them and to improve public satisfaction with local government. Phil Woolas, the Local Government Minister, said although services were improving rapidly only just over half of people were satisfied with the way their council ran things and new figures from the Best Value User Satisfaction survey would show a continuing decline in satisfaction since 2000.

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By Charlene O’Connor The Leitch Review put skills development at the heart of economic success because it is one of the vital pillars supporting economic growth. Scottish Enterprise examined the skills-related challenges faced by employers to find out where intervention would be beneficial and what form it should take. The author describes how from this better understanding it has challenged the training market to match the training needs with targeted and efficient products.