The real issue underlying the loss of personal data relating to 7 million families by HM Revenue and Customs in one of trust claims an EU think tank. A key finding of a paper from ECOTEC, funded by the EU Commission, is that the issue of trust in public authorities and technology systems is a major challenge for governments across Europe. 

The New Local Government Network has called on Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to scrap police authorities and return their powers to elected Council Leaders. In a report ‘Your Police or Mine?’ it claims that the changes would not only save millions of pounds which could be pumped into front line policing but also give local people greater influence over local policing. 

By Allison Fine
The author looks at a new and empowering ways of approaching and organizing social change. How can we move from serving soup until our elbows ache to solving chronic social ills like hunger or homelessness? How can we break the disastrous cycle of low expectations that leads to chronic social failures?
The answers to these questions lie within Momentum, a fresh, zestful way of thinking about and organizing social change work.