The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a “Champions” campaign to help people suffering from financial exclusion. The Champions will signpost people to existing financial services and will also work in partnership to develop new services in areas where people do not have access to the facilities others take for granted.
Champions have been appointed for Scotland, Wales and the north east of England. There are also Rural and Housing Champions. 

There is more conflict in the public sector workplace than there is in the private sector where conflict is better managed. These findings come from a new report ‘Fight, Flight or Face It’ published by business psychology firm OPP in association with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Over a third of public sector employees have to deal with conflict frequently or always, compared with only 23 per cent in the private sector. 

By David Butcher.
Politics plays a significant part in organisational life. The second edition extends the influential ideas developed in the original book with more practical advice about working with organisational politics for personal and organisational benefit. Drawing on recent research, with up-dated examples, it provides an essential and practical insight in the centrality of politics in organization life.
Published by Palgrave ISBN 978-0-230054226-6. 25.00 pounds.