The Local Government Association has responded to the House of Lords Science Committee report on waste management, by calling on businesses to match the efforts local people have made in recent years to reduce the country’s reliance on landfill. Reducing packaging is vital to avoid paying more landfill tax and EU fines. “The days of the cling film coconut must come to an end”.
Nearly three-quarters of people responsible for the professional development of staff in schools lack awareness of the range of continuing professional development options available. A culture heavy workloads and poor prioritising is preventing middle managers developing their skills in the children’s workforce. These are key findings from research by the Training and Development Agency for Schools and the Children’s Workforce Development Council.
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This report from Reform, an independent thinktank, suggests that government can be transformed for the better if it adopts some of the values of the IPOD generation, which is characterised as insecure, pressurised, over-taxed and debt-ridden. Developing a more open approach to government, providing principled leadership and professionalism as well as communicating in exciting and imaginative ways is seen as the way forward.
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