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Links between education and employment
In the latest report by IPPR, they examine the links between schools and business: Today’s secondary school pupils are being let down by careers…
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Big Society update – Jan 2014
Here is the latest update from the OCS: OCS newsletter – January edition …and to supplement this here is the Office of the Civil Society,…
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JRF report on poor standard of living for households
New research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), as part of its programme on the ‘minimum income standard‘, shows the number of UK households living…
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Universal Pathfinder statistics
The Department for Work and Pensions has published its second set of experimental Universal Credit pathfinder statistics. The figures, covering the period from April 2013…
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One in six BME households live in poor housing
One in six ethnic minority households live in poor housing, according to research published today, discussed in Inside Housing: Consultancy The Building Research Establishment…
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Discretionary Housing Payments for LAs for 2014-5
The Department for Work and Pensions has revealed the discretionary housing payment allocations for councils in 2014/15. As announced in the autumn statement in December, the…
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Payment by results report
The Government’s focus on payment by results (PbR) is hindering the social sector’s ability to help the most vulnerable, according to a new report…
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Offering services to offer LA services to public before private business
The public should be given ownership of services before they are outsourced or privatised, a new bill is proposing: The Private Members’ Bill, which…
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Council supports social care mutual
Salford City Council has backed staff looking to set up a John Lewis style company to deliver social care. The council has ‘cautiously’ welcomed…
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Great idea for solar pathway lighting
It sounds like science fiction: a path storing energy from sunlight and emitting a shimmering glow at night to guide walkers and cyclists, according…
