A national newspaper advertising campaign is being launched today to question the Government’s house building policies. At the same time a new survey shows there is little public support for the plans.

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A motoring organisation is calling today for stronger planning frameworks and more powerful organisations to develop Britain’s strategic road network to ensure the country has a transport infrastructure for the 21st century. The RAC foundation says indecision and poor management have resulted in immeasurable setbacks to the development of UK roads.

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By Andrew Hind

This article was first published in Public Management and Policy and is reproduced by permission of the Association. http://www.cipfa.org.uk/pmpa/index.cfm

Government has ambitious plans to increase the involvement of charities in delivering public services. The Charity Watchdog discovered from a survey that bureaucracy and cost cutting is hurting charities. Managing large numbers of short term public service delivery contracts has become an administrative burden eating into charity funds. Recovering the costs of service delivery is proving difficult. Charities need to improve pricing and costing skills, but commissioning authorities need to recognise that adding value does not mean free extras.

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