News about work and pay
Call for London boroughs to run employment services
London Councils slams ‘under-performing’ worklessness programmes in the capital
Young people 'driven from rural areas'
Young people are said to be having to quit the countryside because of a lack of jobs and affordable housing
25,000 jobs cuts - BBC survey
At least 25,000 council jobs in England will be under threat in the next three to five years, according to a BBC survey
Civil servants vote for two-day strike
Up to 270,000 civil servants are to stage a national two-day strike next week in a bitter row over redundancy pay
UK councils 'to cut 20,000 jobs'
Local authorities plan to shed 20,000 jobs across the UK as they struggle to save money
Nottinghamshire predicts 1,000 more job cuts
Nottinghamshire CC announces plans to axe 1,000 jobs over two years as part of a £200m savings package
Long-term job seekers increase as total falls
The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance soared by 23,500 in January to reach the highest level since Labour came to power in 1997
Unison calls for pay talks as RPI hits 3.7%
Local government’s biggest union calls on the sector to rethink its 2010-11 pay freeze because of the latest inflation figures
Young 'not prepared for the workplace'
Many young people say they do not believe their education has prepared them for the world of work
Public sector to be main job cuts focus
Around a third of public sector employers expect to cut jobs over the next quarter, according to a new report
Leader
Overcoming Total Place confusion
Government - or at least the Treasury - has focused on efficiency; councils on service improvement
Analysis & Opinion
Can employee co-operatives deliver?
Conservative plans to promote employee-owned cooperatives in the public sector mean it is likely to be a key battleground in the general election
Are shared services the way forward?
Nial Shanahan of The Synergy Group asks: do shared services really work and is it the way forward for 2010?
'Owls of protest over planning fight
Council life is a theatre in the round where the intense melodrama of everyday trivial life is often played out to perfection - such as the case of Miss Jones’ dead owl
What is systems thinking?
Charlotte Pell, who works with Professor John Seddon an advocate of Systems Thinking, says it’s “a better way to make the work work; a better way to design and manage work”
'Total Place power' an option
Whatever happens to Total Place, councils need a sound legal footing on which to build innovative partnerships and unlock substantial savings
