This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. It examines the huge expectations children have of technology in the learning process, both within and outside the classroom, the opportunity for turnaround in administration akin to the commercial sector, and how technology investment in education can have a positive impact on the social and economic fabric of communities as a whole. 

Local authorities have called for the planned new Homes and Communities Agency, announced in the Queen’s Speech, to work with councils to find the best ways of delivering new homes. The agency is to be set up under the proposed Housing and Regeneration Bill and will have the job of increasing the number of social and affordable homes that are available.
The Bill was welcomed by the Local Government Association. 

The leaders of England’s eight major cities will hear details of the Government’s vision for their future when they come together for the Core Cities Summit today and tomorrow. The Communities and Local Government Secretary, Hazel Blears, will give her first address to them and will set out plans in the light of the review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration, published by the Government in the summer.