Local authorities are being encouraged to join a drive to make local election results readily available online. The call has come from Socitm and the Local Government Association both of which are backing the Open Election Data Project.

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The Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library has been named Britain’s most popular for the third year in a row. Latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy show that more than 1.5 million people visited the library in the year up to March 2009.

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The Total Place initiative has the potential to transform the shape of local public service delivery. It looks at how a ‘whole area’ approach to public services can lead to better services at less cost. This paper summarises interviews with four HR and OD leaders from local authorities involved in the initiative.

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