The approach to commissioning services to get people into work has been re-vamped and social enterprise companies will get a greater share of the contracts.

The market for contracted employment provision is fragmented and driven by process and short-term objectives which don’t deliver the result required. The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a new commissioning strategy with more strategic relationships with providers. There will be stronger links with local delivery mechanisms such as Local Area Agreements and the City Strategy Pathfinders.

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Almost half the people who responded to a survey by London councils incorrectly believe that their local council runs the police and hospitals. Only two in five people know which political party runs their own local council, and over 90 per cent of Londoners don’t know the name of their council’s leader.

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By P.S. Perkins

The book shares with readers a new way of understanding and using communication in the workplace. The Communication Staircase Model brings together the seven arenas of communication in which everyone operates on a daily basis.

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