Parliament’s Communities and Local Government Committee has announced an inquiry into the Government’s plans for localism and decentralisation of public services.
The committee issued a public call for submissions, to arrive by October 1, on a range of issues related to localism, with a specific request for evidence of how learning from the Total Place initiative could help develop the new agenda.
Employment charity Shaw Trust is the preferred bidder for 16 of 28 government contracts to provide employment support to disabled people.
If confirmed, the contracts mean the charity would more than treble the number of people it supports, from around 3000 to over 9000.
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By Paul Hughes
Mobile usage is very heavy right across the public sector and the bill is substantial. The savage budget cuts have brought close scrutiny of all costs and mobile bills are attracting attention. The problem is that the search for savings in individual bills is very time consuming. The author describes how it is possible to automate the number-crunching and analysis.
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