'Unlock ideas of a creative workforce'

Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis says this must be the way forward for public services

'Regulators embarrass the government'

Former Care and Quality Commission chair Baroness Young expects politicking as election looms

'MPs shouldn't keep house profits'

Sir Ian Kennedy, head of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, says new laws may be needed

Councils are told to 'think radically'

Shared services are an option to cope with the future budget cuts, report says

'Government to blame for Jobcentre mess'

Tories are accused of hypocrisy after saying Labour's closure programme meant centres couldn't cope

Centralisation - public must share blame

Centralisation of government power is partly due to public support for minimum standards of public services

Darling: 'It's not time to make cuts yet'

It would be wrong to take more drastic action to tackle the UK's deficit, Chancellor Alistair Darling has
insisted

ICO consults on its auditing powers

Information Commissioner sets out how new powers will be used in future

FCO's estate management 'is poor'

Cost overrun since 2002 is around £57m against a total spend on capital projects of £250m, the NAO has
found

'Lambeth will be first coop council'

Labour launches rival to Barnett 'easyCouncil' championed by the Conservative party

Private company to run Hinchingbrooke

Sometimes, with all the will in the world, conventional NHS approaches don't work, says NHS
Confederation

Parties face test on 'fat cat' policies

Political pledges on high public sector salaries to be tested by Audit Commission job

Public sector job cuts 'will be huge'

Over 30 per cent of public sector employers are looking to cut staff in the next quarter, according to a study

LATEST FEATURES

Too many regulations – too little empowerment

Politicians are obsessed with rules and regulations, all of which are expensive to administer and enforce.
It's time to stop pretending the state has all the answers, writes Mark Littlewood

Don't spend less, just use IT better

Following Socitm's response to the government's new ICT strategy, Mike Lowe talks to Martin Ferguson,
Socitm's head of policy, about problems with the strategy's focus and what Socitm thinks may be a wiser
approach
Pessimistic? – cheer up, we could be French
We should expect government to help us feel good, but we all have a responsibility to engage in some
positive thinking and show some resilience, says Ben Moss

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e-government NEWS

Phenomenal reaction to inclusion fund

Hundreds of organisations will benefit from new £30m digital inclusion fund

Salford councillors face Twitter ban

They have been stopped due to tweeting in town hall meetings too much

Snow made councils use social media

Facebook and Twitter were used a lot by councils during the recent bad snow

Free laptop scheme is open to abuse

MP warns that some families who got a free computer are selling it for cash

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