FINANCE

The new Fair Deal – what we need to know

By Fuat Sami | 18 February 2014

Last October the Government issued guidance on new arrangements for how pensions are to be manage...

BUSINESS

Efficiency savings and TUPE: the harmonisation problem

By Helen Cookson | 13 February 2014

Helen Cookson considers a very recent Court of Appeal judgment which has implications for the con...

FINANCE

Why local government needs to present a united front against fraud

By Tony Machin | 12 February 2014

Tony Machin explains the growing role of document authentication technology to tackle public sect...

HEALTH

Adopting a new strategy

By Andrew Webb | 12 February 2014

Andrew Webb outlines the benefits to the sector of the Adoption Leadership Board

HEALTH

Keeping score of the changes

By Hugh Thornbery | 12 February 2014

Adoption scorecards have been established to boost the performance of councils in speeding up the...

HEALTH

Time to put families first

By Michael Burton | 12 February 2014

The deputy prime minister agrees with a recent study that calls for greater family-focused public...

FINANCE

Rise of the not-so-odd couple

By Jonathan Werran | 11 February 2014

Havering and Newham LBCs will launch ‘One Source’ in April as one of local government’s most ambi...

FINANCE

Time to start measuring up for efficiency

By Andy Mudd | 11 February 2014

Mark Bramah and Andy Mudd show how robust performance data analysis can help drive better value f...

FINANCE

Time to start measuring up for efficiency - Case Studies

11 February 2014

FINANCE

On your marks for a challenge

By Jonathan Yeates | 11 February 2014

The countdown to finding the 2014 Local Government Challenge winner has begun, as Jonathan Yeates...