Councillors elected for the first time in yesterday’s polls are being offered a series of guides to help them do the job. They have been produced by the Local Government Information Unit, which says the current debacle over MPs’ expenses has increased councillors’ anxieties about how to work properly within the rules.
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The Audit Commission has detailed a series of measures to keep down its costs. They include job cuts, reduced staff expenses and the scrapping of bonuses for directors in a move which the Commission says is in keeping with ‘the national mood of seeking best value for the public purse’.
Schools have an important role to play in promoting the physical and mental health of children, but often they are held back by a lack of facilities. The aim of the National Healthy Schools Programme is to give support and encouragement to pump prime change. But change also depends on the school, its governors, staff and above all on the parents. This is an example of the power that parents can wield in creating a healthy physical and mental environment for their children.
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