The public have high expectations that public bodies will safeguard their information, but a survey by Clearswift and Information Assurance has shown that this expectation is not embedded in the culture of public services.

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By Patrick M. Lencioni

This book is about job satisfaction and performance and almost anyone can relate to the causes of a miserable job. Millions of employees, even those who have carefully chosen careers based on true passions and interests, dread going to work, suffering each day as they trudge to jobs that make them cynical, weary, and frustrated. It is a simple fact of life that any job, from the top to the bottom levels in an organization, can become miserable.

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The Building Schools for the Future programme aims to rebuild or renew nearly every secondary school in England and teachers want a say in the planning. The call for their involvement has come from the Teacher Support Network and the British Council for School Environments.

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The 30,000 hospital staff of NHS trusts based throughout the Cheshire and Merseyside region will soon be offered healthy eating options. The project will be delivered by Heart of Mersey, the cardiovascular disease prevention charity based in Liverpool.

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This report from the Housing Corporation and Communities and Local Government presents the views of registered social landlord and local authority tenants on anti-social behaviour.

The top issues experienced by tenants were rubbish or litter lying around, which were the concern of 60 per cent of tenants, teenagers hanging around on the street 54 per cent, and vandalism, graffiti & other deliberate damage to property or vehicles 40 per cent.

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Predictions of the growth of social enterprise and its expanding role in taking on the delivery of more public services have not been realised. The Office of the Third Sector, which is part of the Cabinet Office, commissioned research to find out why growth had stalled and why new people had not been attracted to the sector. The research concluded that there is very little awareness of the sector and high levels of confusion about the difference between a charity and a social enterprise.

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After almost half a century of service, coin-operated parking meters are being removed by Westminster City Council and they will finally disappear early next year. Pay by Phone parking was first introduced two years ago and it currently handles almost 100,000 transactions per week.

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The Freight Transport Association has published a guide to the eleven potential road pricing schemes which have been promoted by the Department for Transport. Some schemes are intended to be developed by local authorities for specific areas, and may be a pre-cursor to the creation of a national road pricing scheme in the longer term.

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A new partnership has been established to persuade local councils of the importance of cycling. Cycling England has launched the partnership with the think-tank the Local Government Information Unit with the aim of increasing the numbers of people cycling in areas across the whole of England with the exception of London.

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Dementia should not be seen as a life sentence according to Directors of Adult Social Services in their response to a Government consultation on transforming the quality of dementia care. In a joint submission with the Local Government Association they say delivering better care will need significant investment.

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