In this book Eric Beaudan describes the ultimate game–changer for reinventing strategy and igniting people. Whether it was Alexander the Great or Lord Horatio Nelson, the management team at Toyota or ...

Local authorities are facing a huge task to get care users ready for the shift to a market in services, according to the think-tank, Dermos. It has published figures which show more than 80 per cent ...

This paper from Communities and Local Government distils out learning from the New Deal for Communities programme about neighbourhood level masterplanning. Masterplanning involves bringing together ...

Regional pay for the public sector would ‘aggravate geographical, economic and social inequalities’, say 60 leading academics. A warning from sixty leading academics that the government’s regional pay ...

A new era is dawning in which information sharing between social workers, multi-agency teams and families will help ensure vulnerable children get the support they need, sooner. Mark Raeburn lays out ...

Despite tough times ahead, there is still political consensus around the goal to end child poverty. The recession has brought changes, one of which will be that children are likely to experience more ...

When the waters of deficit reduction have subsided the total place legacy will be there to help in the process of rebuilding public services. The brand will disappear, but the principles will be ...

Projects to trial local services in supporting claimants who have difficulty in coping with the all computerised Universal Credit benefits system are to be set up in six areas. Universal Credit is ...

In this third edition Michael A West Effective has updated the text to reflect the latest research evidence. The book provides managers with the necessary guidance and tools to build and maintain ...

The Localism Bill redefines the relationship between central and local government and has implications for communities and the public and private organisations that serve them. Planning and ...

Councils are facing unprecedented challenges with the most severe budget cuts in living memory likely to be announced in the coming months. At the same time there is a need to transform services with ...

Placed based budgets, which are vital to the development of the total place approach, are supported by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. He revealed that among other supporters are the Prime ...