By Charlotte Dean, Alan Dyson, Frances Gallannaugh, Andy Howes and Carlo Raffo. The governing bodies of schools in disadvantaged areas are struggling in large part because the school system has changed radically in recent decades, but questions about school governance have been an afterthought. The authors found that what is expected from governors has increased over the years, without any fundamental rethink of what they are for. They pose the question: what sort of governance do we want?

Four police forces have been told by the Information Commissioner to delete old criminal convictions from the Police National Computer. Retention of the records is causing concern to the people involved and the Commissioner believes the information is no longer relevant. Enforcement Notices were issued after the complaints of four individual had been investigated.

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Despite much talk from Whitehall to Town Halls, innovation is very rarely taken seriously. There are few people in the public sector whose job it is to find innovations or to fund them and grow them. This is all about to change with the launch of an innovation initiative by Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Sir Gus O’Donnell.

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