Council leaders believe too few people are facing up to the realities of growing older and they are calling on political parties to put caring for an aging population into their top three priorities. Research carried out for the Local Government Association has found that while nine out of ten people think it is likely that most people will need care when they get older, only 71 per cent think they will be in that situation themselves.

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Two million pounds is being invested in encouraging the creation of more Young Mayors around the country, who will not only have a voice in local decision making but their own budget. The Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears, said the move would open up politics to young people.

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By Russell L. Ackoff, Herbert J. Addison and Sally Bibb.

The authors describe more than 80 f-Laws, or flaws. They are truths about organizations that we might wish to deny or ignore. It is a simple and more reliable guide to managers’ everyday behaviour than the complex truths proposed by scientists, economists, sociologists or politicians.

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