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23/10/2019Stroud District Council publishes plans to construct 3,900 homes

Stroud District Council has published its revised local plan, detailing the plans to build 3,900 homes, a secondary school and a new railway station in two ‘garden villages’ in Stroud. The council has committed that every hous more >

23/10/2019Government announces £19m fund to support young people leaving care

Support programmes for young people leaving care, totalling £19m, announced today (Oct 23) ahead of National Care Leavers Week. To mark National Care Leavers Week, education secretary Gavin Williamson, has announced new cross-government more >

14/10/2019The Queen’s Speech Roundup: Crime, social care and devolution bills

Boris Johnson has set out his Government’s major policies on crime, the environment and Brexit in today’s Queen Speech, including the announcement that a Devolution White Paper will be published. Housing safety in the wake of Grenf more >

23/10/2019 Liverpool’s first council care home in 25 years to open this week

The first of two, Liverpool City Co... more >

23/10/2019Stroud District Council publishes plans to construct 3,900 homes

Stroud District Council has pu... more >

23/10/2019Government announces £19m fund to support young people leaving care

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23/10/2019Government’s Digital Marketplace framework to offer Iron Mountain solutions

Iron Mountain Solutions Now Available on Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 (DOS-4) Digital Marketplace Framework Expands Iron Mountain’s Offering for Public Sector Customer Iron Mountain has announced that its information management and...

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23/10/2019Professionalisation of project management

Debbie Dore, chief executive of the Association for Project Management, discusses the impact that the establishment of the Infrastructure and Project Authority will have. Government, like the rest of the economy and society, is increasingly...

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23/10/2019Putting people at the heart of transformation

Director of people transformation at Companies House, Angela Lewis, describes how the organisation is putting people at the centre of its transformation programme as it looks to adapt to meet future challenges. The reason why transformation...

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23/10/2019Education technology

Leah Fletcher, commercial agreement manager - Education Technology for the Crown Commercial Service, explains the process behind creating a bespoke technology agreement for the education sector. When our successful ICT Services for Education...

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23/10/2019Overcoming regional imbalances

Nigel Wilcock, executive director of the Institute of Economic Development, outlines what can be done to address and combat regional imbalances in the UK economy. In the midst of continuing uncertainty in Westminster, one potentially important...

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16/10/2019The Health Foundation calls for government overhaul for a healthy society

The Health Foundation has today (Oct 16) urged government to consider policy changes to housing, transport and education after new report shows a risk to the future of young people. The report, A heathy foundation for the future, calls for a whole...

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14/10/2019Buckinghamshire County Council launch online tool to check your adoption eligibility

This week, on National Adoption Week (October 14-21), Buckinghamshire County Council is launching a new ‘Adoption Ready’ tool that helps people see if they are suitable to become adoptive parents. People tend to wrongly assume their...

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11/10/2019Allocation details of £14 billion funding for schools announced

A new set of figures have been announced today (Friday 11) to outline how schools are to benefit from Government’s £14bn education investment. UK schools will receive details of how they are going to benefit after it is announced that...

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11/10/2019‘Positive shift' as teacher workload dropped by five hours a week

Teacher’s working hours have fallen by an average of five hours a week compared to 2016, as they spend less time on things other than teaching. Research published today (11 Oct) has revealed that teachers are working five hours a week less...

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26/09/2019Government messaging service to save taxpayer £175m

GOV.UK has today announced that its messaging service Notify, is on track to save taxpayers an average of £35m a year over the next five years. The government run messaging service was designed to provide a simple line of communication between...

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23/09/2019Justify your new communications system, it’s not that difficult

Foehn discuss with Public Sector Executive how they go about addressing the unique challenges of presenting an appealing communications system setup for public sector clients.

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17/09/2019Prevention: Investing for the future

Rob Whiteman, CEO at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance (CIPFA), discusses the benefits of long-term preventative investment.

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12/09/2019Investing in Newport’s infrastructure

With £1bn available to solve the area's traffic issues, Debbie Wilcox, leader of Newport City Council, discusses balancing improvements to the M4 motorway with the interests of Newport itself.

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10/09/2019Building a better connected South Yorkshire

With the new Sheffield City Region Integrated Rail Plan joining the region's official Transport Strategy this summer, Dan Jarvis, mayor of Sheffield City Region, discusses his exciting plans for transforming transport in South Yorkshire.

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05/09/2019Ushering in the future with smart cities

Andrew Smith, Crown Commercial Service category lead - technology solutions, talks about how the CCS can support the development of smart cities and help modernise public sector procurement practices.

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03/09/2019Medway’s blueprint for transformation

Cllr Adrian Gulvin, Medway Council’s portfolio holder for resources, outlines why the local authority in the south-east has invested £35m in a town centre shopping centre.

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23/10/2019 Liverpool’s first council care home in 25 years to open this week

The first of two, Liverpool City Council commissioned care homes to be built in over 25 years, is opening later this week. The city council committed to the £8m Brushwood on South Parade more >

23/10/2019Government’s Digital Marketplace framework to offer Iron Mountain solutions

Iron Mountain Solutions Now Available on Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 (DOS-4) Digital Marketplace Framework Expands Iron Mountain’s Offering for Public Sector Customer Iron Mountain more >

23/10/2019Stroud District Council publishes plans to construct 3,900 homes

Stroud District Council has published its revised local plan, detailing the plans to build 3,900 homes, a secondary school and a new railway station in two ‘garden villages’ in Stro more >

23/10/2019Government announces £19m fund to support young people leaving care

Support programmes for young people leaving care, totalling £19m, announced today (Oct 23) ahead of National Care Leavers Week. To mark National Care Leavers Week, education secretary Gav more >

23/10/2019Professionalisation of project management

Debbie Dore, chief executive of the Association for Project Management, discusses the impact that the establishment of the Infrastructure and Project Authority will have. Government, like the r more >

23/10/2019Putting people at the heart of transformation

Director of people transformation at Companies House, Angela Lewis, describes how the organisation is putting people at the centre of its transformation programme as it looks to adapt to meet future more >

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08/10/2019NSPCC: Working together to improve the support available for children who have been sexually abused

Hayley Clark, the acting head of development and impact at the NSPCC, talks about the significant gap in support services for children who have been sexually abused and the Home Office’s new framework for commissioners. The complex and fragmented commissioning landscape for child sexual more >

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17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

It’s no secret that the public sector a... more >

17/12/2018Digital innovation in the public sector: The future is now

One of the public sector’s key technolo... more >

05/11/2018New Dorset Councils CEO on the creation of a new unitary: ‘This is going to be the right decision for Dorset’

The new chief executive of one of the new uni... more >

15/10/2018Keeping the momentum of the Northern Powerhouse

On 6 September, the biggest decision-makers o... more >

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23/10/2019Stroud District Council publishes plans to construct 3,900 homes

23/10/2019Government announces £19m fund to support young people leaving care

14/10/2019The Queen’s Speech Roundup: Crime, social care and devolution bills

23/10/2019 Liverpool’s first council care home in 25 years to open this week

23/10/2019Stroud District Council publishes plans to construct 3,900 homes

23/10/2019Government announces £19m fund to support young people leaving care

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23/10/2019Government’s Digital Marketplace framework to offer Iron Mountain solutions

23/10/2019Professionalisation of project management

23/10/2019Putting people at the heart of transformation

23/10/2019Education technology

23/10/2019Overcoming regional imbalances

16/10/2019The Health Foundation calls for government overhaul for a healthy society

14/10/2019Buckinghamshire County Council launch online tool to check your adoption eligibility

11/10/2019Allocation details of £14 billion funding for schools announced

11/10/2019‘Positive shift' as teacher workload dropped by five hours a week

26/09/2019Government messaging service to save taxpayer £175m

23/09/2019Justify your new communications system, it’s not that difficult

17/09/2019Prevention: Investing for the future

12/09/2019Investing in Newport’s infrastructure

10/09/2019Building a better connected South Yorkshire

05/09/2019Ushering in the future with smart cities

03/09/2019Medway’s blueprint for transformation

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23/10/2019 Liverpool’s first council care home in 25 years to open this week

23/10/2019Government’s Digital Marketplace framework to offer Iron Mountain solutions

23/10/2019Stroud District Council publishes plans to construct 3,900 homes

23/10/2019Government announces £19m fund to support young people leaving care

23/10/2019Professionalisation of project management

23/10/2019Putting people at the heart of transformation

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08/10/2019NSPCC: Working together to improve the support available for children who have been sexually abused

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17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

17/12/2018Digital innovation in the public sector: The future is now

05/11/2018New Dorset Councils CEO on the creation of a new unitary: ‘This is going to be the right decision for Dorset’

15/10/2018Keeping the momentum of the Northern Powerhouse

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21/06/2019Peter Kyle MP: It’s time to say thank you this Public Service Day

19/06/2019How community-led initiatives can help save the housing shortage

19/06/2019Aberdeen's green transport fleet attracting international attention

13/06/2019A fifth of public sector workers have never received a thank you from the people they serve

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