Finance heads working in Scotland’s public sector meet tomorrow to discuss radically changing times for their services.The annual CIPFA Scottish Conference coincides with the announcement of a review ...

This article was first published in Public Management and Policy and is reproduced by permission of the Association. http://www.cipfa.org.uk/pmpa/index.cfm Local ...

This report from the Local Government Association calls on the Government to adopt proposals to combat climate change and fight fuel poverty. It advocates a stronger role for local councils and local ...

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Smith, launches the next phase of modernisation of the public procurement system at a conference in London today (Tuesday, April 3).A year on from the ...

Councils are being urged to create ‘naked streets’ with fewer signs, traffic lights and what campaigners call clutter. The call has come from the charity Living Streets, a national organisation ...

The aim of this book is to help the reader become better at preparing and doing presentations. There is a secondary aim. This is to be part of the process of ridding the world of poor presentations, ...

Changes are needed in the way drugs are evaluated according to experts who say patients and health services are getting a poor return on their investment into new drugs. In an article published on bmj ...

Local authorities have new powers from today to get tough with utility companies that cause traffic congestion and disruption for local people and businesses through over running road works. According ...

Spending figures of public bodies in every area of the country are now available at the click of a mouse. The scale of data available is limited and it is three years old, but it is the start of what ...

Local people will soon be able to demand their council takes action on underperforming schools and hospitals, drink disorder, anti-social behaviour and other concerns under new rules giving real power ...

Efficiency savings which depend on partners carry a much greater risk and the Audit Commission is concerned that some expectations will not be met. Councils are planning for savings of between 1 and ...

The Department for Education and Skills plans to use partnership working as a lever to improve educational standards.There are already many examples of successful partnerships within educational ...