The Financial Services Authority failed to regulate local authority treasury management advisers according to a group of MPs who have looked into the potential loss of council investments in the Icelandic banks collapse. Members of the Commons Communities and Local Government Committee are also unhappy at the FSA’s failure to act on their concerns.
Read more on COUNCIL TREASURY MANAGEMENT ADVISERS ‘UNREGULATED’ SAY MPs…
Researchers have found that the small business community is learning to love local government. A review of the Retail Enforcement Pilot shows that instead of the perceived tense stand-off with councils, many small businesses are actively seeking positive partnerships with regulatory officers.
Read more on BUSINESS COMMUNITY WANTS POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNCIL STAFF…
A draft code has been drawn up to help local councils improve the management and maintenance of their road networks. The Transport Infrastructure Assets Code has been sent out for consultation by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
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Trainee Probation Officers will meet the Justice Secretary today to challenge government cuts to the service which, it is claimed, could mean the loss of frontline staff and an increase in crime. The eight trainees will be representing more than 450 newly qualified officers and will tell Jack Straw about the impact on them and the reasons why the service urgently needs more resources.
Read more on GOVERNMENT TOLD PROBATION SERVICE CUTS WILL MEAN MORE CRIME…
Deep cuts in public spending could cause what a think tank is calling a “tsunami of a public sector recession”. In a report, the New Local Government Network says inadequate investment in public infrastructure will hit road and rail projects, housing and new school buildings as well as hampering the modernisation of public services.
Trainee Probation Officers will meet the Justice Secretary to challenge government cuts to the service which, it is claimed, could mean the loss of frontline staff and an increase in crime. The eight trainees will be representing more than 450 newly qualified officers and will tell Jack Straw about the impact on them and the reasons why the service urgently needs more resources.
Read more on GOVERNMENT TOLD PROBATION SERVICE CUTS WILL MEAN MORE CRIME…
Deep cuts in public spending could cause what a think tank is calling a “tsunami of a public sector recession”. In a report, the New Local Government Network says inadequate investment in public infrastructure will hit road and rail projects, housing and new school buildings as well as hampering the modernisation of public services.
A national charity working with older people and their carers has joined forces with the professional association for those working in homecare to call for a major shift to bring care practice into line with Government policy that suggests that more older people should be cared for in their own homes.
Read more on GOVERNMENT URGED TO BRING CARE POLICY AND PRACTICE INTO LINE…
The first national mentoring scheme designed to increase the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic women becoming local councillors has been launched. To reflect society fully there would need to be almost a thousand women councillors from minority backgrounds.
Read more on SCHEME WILL SUPPORT WOMEN FROM MINORITIES TO JOIN COUNCILS…
By Jude Wells
Team building, when people work at different locations and the job they do is changing, is a major challenge. The key factor in team building is communication, ensuring that messages move in all directions. The author outlines the challenge faced by an Adult Social Care Service and how the issue of communication was successfully addressed.
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