Details of a new deal for the funding council housing have been set out in a scheme which opens the way for authorities to run their homes without central Government subsidy. It includes plans to dismantle the current Housing Revenue Account system of funding council housing in 177 local authority areas.

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The country’s most successful schools use continuing professional development as a way to help bring about improved standards, according to a report today from Ofsted. The report shows that many good schools use their Ofsted inspection reports to identify priorities for improvement but sets out challenges that still face schools.

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By Charles Boulton

Efficiency savings on current ways of working will not delver the scale of savings that budget cuts demand from the public sector. The only way forward is transformational change. Managing change on this scale is challenging and success depends on understanding what is going on in the minds of the people involved. The author explains the part that the ‘unwritten rules’ play in the change process and how recognising them can help to limit resistance.

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