Local Government Chronicle
15 February 2007
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£10BN BOOST TO LOCAL PREVENTIVE CARE PROGRAMMES IN SCOTLAND
The Scottish executive has announced a£10m investment into preventive care programmes, to help improve local NHS s... -
ADCS FEARS OVER CHILD ABUSE
Keeping families together could put children at risk... -
ANALYSIS - CHANGING THE FACE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
>> Most members are older white men... -
BACKCHAT - TOULMIN SMITH
Another Tory wet?... -
BEST PRACTICE - BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP
Poor internal communication has been linked to poor performance. Sally O'Reilly shows how councillors and officers ... -
BEST PRACTICE - CITY BECOMES A NEW HOTSPOT
Westminster City Council's Wireless City project is helping improve communication and services. Claire Seneviratna ... -
BEST PRACTICE - THE KNOWLEDGE
A round-up of good practice and useful information... -
BEST PRACTICE - WHAT'S ON
Cleveland 20 years on... -
BOROUGH'S SERVICES ARE 'AMONGST THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY'
The leader of Northampton BC said today that a 'massive turnaround is needed' following the publication of a report... -
BRIGHTON'S DEPUTY CHIEF EXEC DIES
Brighton & Hove Council's director of cultural services and deputy chief executive Tony Miller has died, aged 53.... -
CALL ON COUNCILS TO FOCUS ON NURSING HOME QUALITY AND CHOICE 'NOT PRICE'
BBC Panorama's investigation into nursing homes attacked the regulatory care regime rather than focusing on the qua... -
CARBON FINES THREAT TO GREEN INVESTMENT
Government plans to fine councils unless they cut carbon emissions could threaten their investment in alternative s... -
CAREERS - PEOPLE
MANAGEMENT... -
CAREERS - REAL-LIFE DRAMAS
The desire to change people's lives led Helen France to local government after seeing an advertisement in LGC, says... -
CAREERS - YOUR NEXT MOVE
The Commission for Rural Communities is looking for people to shape services, says Suzanne Simmons-Lewis... -
CHILDREN SAY: 'TREAT US AS INDIVIDUALS'
Looked-after children want to be treated as individuals, not as 'children in care', according to the children's rig... -
CLIMATE LOW ON FINANCE LIST
Green issues not considered by most decision-makers... -
COMMUNITY COHESION WARNING OVER ENGLISH PLANS
Government plans for unemployed immigrants to demonstrate they are learning English or risk losing benefits from Ap... -
COST-SHUNTING WORKS BOTH WAYS, SAYS NHS
Joint working could prevent accidents... -
COUNCILS MAY GET EXTRA ANTI-LITTER POWERS
Litter created by employees around their workplaces, including discarded cigarette ends, could become the responsib... -
COUNCILS NEED HELP TO FIND MARKETS FOR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
By Jennifer Sprinks... -
COUNCILS NOT INTERESTED IN 'SNOOPING' ON SMOKERS
A BBC report that smoke-free legislation may be enforced by officers operating as 'undercover anti-smoking police' ... -
COUNCILS NOT THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SUCCESS
Local authority regulations constrain the best models of early childhood leadership, research published today sugge... -
DAVID CURRY - WILL THE FUTURE BE FEMALE?
'Women march on town halls again.' My eye was drawn to this headline in The Times. I groaned: not another batch of ... -
DEATH RATES WARNING FOR DEPRIVED AREAS
Death rates in deprived areas of Scotland are falling more slowly than in affluent areas, according to research fro... -
DISCOUNTS KEY FOR HOMEBUYING SCHEME
Tenants who want to own a share in their homes should be offered a more generous discount to prevent them facing 'p... -
DRIVE TO CUT YOUTH FIRE CRIME
Children are to be given fire safety education before they start school in a bid to cut the number of young people ... -
EDINBURGH AIRPORT LINK TAKES FURTHER STEP
Legislation to build a new station at Edinburgh Airport and construct new railways to connect it with the national ... -
FEATURES - FEAR OF THE FUTURE
Camden may have consulted with the public on its part in the incredible regeneration of King's Cross, but some resi... -
FEATURES - THE DAY THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES
On 3 May Scottish local elections introduce the single transferable vote. But it's not the only challenge for offic... -
FIVE-STEP APPROACH ON WASTE TREATMENT
The introduction of a strong and clear five-step waste hierarchy with prevention at the top and environmentally sou... -
FUNDING DELAY HALTS ENFIELD'S ALMO PLANS
Mounting frustration over funding delays for new arm's-length management organisations has led to one council putti... -
GENEROUS SETTLEMENT SPARKS 'BRIBERY' SUSPICIONS
The Scottish Executive has reached deep into its pockets in order to limit council tax rises ahead of local electio... -
GOVERNMENT BACKS WORLD CUP BID
England is well placed to bid to host the football World Cup in 2018 and has strong public support for doing so, th... -
GOVERNMENT URGED TO ACT ON MOBILITY
Travers calls for local tax retention... -
GYPSIES HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT SO DO THEIR NEIGHBOURS, SAYS OMBUDSMAN
Tandridge DC's failure to take decisive action in handling a dispute about the unlawful occupation of land by two G... -
HOUSING CORP AND AUDIT COMMISSION REACH NEW LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING
A further Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was agreed today by the Housing Corporation and Audit Commission on the... -
IMPROVEMENTS WELCOMED BUT TOUGH TIMES MAY BE AHEAD FOR SCOTTISH COUNCILS
Services are improving but Scottish councils are facing major challenges including substantial financial pressures ... -
INSIDER - CHILDREN'S SERVICES OFFICERS ARE WAITING FOR GORDON BROWN
Children's services officers are waiting for Gordon Brown... -
KELLY SPELLS OUT LABOUR'S NEW 'RIGHT TO OWN' HOUSING POLICIES
Social housing tenants will be given the chance to get a foot on the property ladder, communities and local governm... -
KELLY TALKS, COEN WALKS
Rift with government exposed as chief executive storms out of meeting... -
KENT TO PILOT FREE BUS TRAVEL FOR UNDER-16s
Kent CC is believed to be the first council outside London to offer children free bus travel in an attempt to steer... -
KIER GETS FURTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
Harlow DC has agreed a£170m public private partnership (PPP) contract outsourcing environmental services and housi... -
'LAAs HAMPERED BY NATIONAL GOALS' - BEECHAM
A culture change is required within government to ensure local partnerships are not constrained by national goals, ... -
LABOUR DEPUTY OUTSIDER'S SHOPPING LIST FOR COUNCILLORS
Localism 'will fail without investment'... -
LATEST PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN INDEPENDENT AND STATE SCHOOLS
Successful applicants from the ninth round of the Independent/State School Partnerships grant scheme have been anno... -
LEADER - PLAN FOR THE COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Services are the front line for co-ordinated response... -
LGA UNDER FIRE FOR ALL-WHITE MANAGEMENT TEAM
The Local Government Association has been slammed for not having a single senior officer from a black and minority ... -
LIVERPOOL REGENERATOR FOR NATIONAL BODY
Former Liverpool City Council regeneration director Charlie Parker has been seconded to English Partnerships.... -
MENTOR - LOOKING AT THE BROADER PICTURE
It's not just private sector organisations that benefit from engaging with social issues. Sally O'Reilly looks at w... -
MENTOR - MANAGEMENT CLINIC
Question... -
MILIBAND'S THREE 'Ds' TO TAKE ON CLIMATE CHANGE
A '3-D' energy revolution to tackle climate change is necessary, environment secretary David Miliband today told a ... -
MINISTERS WEIGH UP BACK PAY SOLUTION
EQUALITY: GOVERNMENT 'PREPARED TO LEGISLATE'... -
MINISTERS WEIGH UP BACK PAY SOLUTIONS
Government prepares to legislate... -
NEW MEASURES TO SAFEGUARD ABUSED ADULTS
A protocol designed to protect abused or neglected adults by clarifying the role of key agencies has been announced... -
NEW POLICE POWERS TO TACKLE DISORDER
Police have been given new powers to impose fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for antisocial behaviour.... -
OLDHAM'S CONSULTATION IS MALADMINISTRATION
Oldham MBC's consultation on changes to care service charges failed to tell service users exactly what the proposal... -
OLYMPIC BODY TARGETS LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Local government officials are being invited to join a commission to ensure the London 2012 Olympic Games delivers ... -
ONE IN FIVE YOUTH SERVICES NEED IMPROVEMENT
The quality of youth work is increasing but one in five councils needs to bring about 'considerable improvements'.... -
OPINION - LETTERS
No love lost... -
OPINION - NHS TRUST BEATS THE BLAME GAME
NHS organisations and local authorities need to work in partnership to deliver better health and social care to loc... -
OPINION - VIEWPOPINTS
Is Phil Woolas right to put equal pay top of his in-tray?... -
PAY-AS-YOU-THROW REBELS BOYCOTT BLAIR'S WEBSITE
First came the furore over road pricing, now Number 10 is facing calls to host another potentially embarrassing pet... -
PCTs FAILING TO TAKE SEXUAL HEALTH SERIOUSLY
Government initiatives to make sexual health a priority are not getting through to the frontline, according to a su... -
'POPULATION MOBILITY COSTS LONDON BOROUGHS OVER£100M A YEAR'
London Councils is calling on the government to take population mobility into account when distributing money to lo... -
PRIVATE SECTOR AIRPORT PARTNERS DISAGREE WITH COUNCIL OVER SALE TALKS
By Damian Arnold... -
REGIONS SEE OPPORTUNITY IN REFORMED HOUSE OF LORDS
The hope that councils could have some input into a new chamber has been raised by the government's plans for a dir... -
ROAD CHARGING CAN TARGET GAS-GUZZLERS, SAYS DfT
Councils will be given the freedom to set different types of road charges under guidance from the Department for Tr... -
ROUNDUP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STORIES IN THE NATIONAL PRESS
WHITEHALL DISPUTE OVER SOCIAL SERVICES SPENDING... -
ROUNDUP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STORIES IN THE NATIONAL PRESS
BLAIR IS ASKED FOR 'SPANDAU BALLOT'... -
ROUNDUP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STORIES IN THE NATIONAL PRESS
FINING SMOKERS WILL BE A LAST RESORT... -
ROUNDUP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STORIES IN THE PRESS
By Anita Pati... -
ROYAL MAIL PREPARING FOR ELECTION SEASON
Royal Mail is in talks with councils about their postal voting needs during the local elections this spring.... -
SOCIAL CARE FIGURE TO THE LORDS
The first leader of the Social Care Institute for Excellence has been recommended to be a non-party-political peer.... -
SPECULATION OVER YOUTH JUSTICE JOB AS INTERIM CHAIR APPOINTED
Former headteacher Graham Robb was today appointed interim chairman of the Youth Justice Board.... -
TACKLING YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN GANG-RELATED CRIME
Tackling youth involvement in gang-related crime is a top priority in order to maintain the reduction in firearms o... -
THIRD SECTOR SHARE OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES ON THE UP
Councils are using more third sector organisations to provide adult social services, a Department of Health survey ... -
TONY TRAVERS - MAKE THE JOB WORTH DOING TO ENCOURAGE MORE DIVERSITY
Ruth Kelly's announcement of a Councillors Commission is tangible evidence of the government's concern that local g... -
TOP COUNTY FOR SUPPORTING PEOPLE
Hampshire CC has become the first county council in England to be given the highest score by the Audit Commission f... -
TREASURY MOVES TO FAVOUR SUB-REGIONS
Economic views shift from regions... -
UNION RECOGNITION ROW PROMPTS ENFIELD STAFF STRIKE
The GMB has called out on strike 70 members working on a contract for Enfield LBC in a dispute over union recogniti... -
UNIONS LODGE 5% PAY CLAIM
Local government unions today submitted a five per cent pay rise, more than double the ceiling set for public secto... -
UNLOCK£7BN OF DEBT CAPACITY TO MEET BARKER NEW HOMES TARGET
Unlocking a potential£7bn of additional debt capacity from housing associations is key to meeting future affordabl... -
WALES FAILS TO ACT ON EQUALITY
Welsh councils have been slammed by the Commission for Racial Equality for failing to take the needs of ethnic mino...
