London mayor promotes unitary waste authority
London mayor Ken Livingstone is lobbying for a Single Waste Disposal Authority in the capital.
Dismissing current waste management provisions and future plans outlined by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) as “wholly ineffective”, the mayor has proposed a unitary approach to rubbish in the Greater London Authority Bill. Continue reading…
Charities call for budget amendments
Charity directors have submitted a series of requests to the Treasury, seeking budget amendments that could help the third sector make significant tax savings.
The Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (acevo) and the Charity Finance Directors’ Group (CFDG) delivered the document to the Treasury demanding 15 changes on issues from payroll giving, through gift aid, to VAT structure. Continue reading…
Audit Commission: Councils perform well
Almost four out of five single tier and county councils reached the top two star rating categories of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA), according to the Audit Commission.
The results were published by the commission yesterday (February 23rd) and show that 32 councils have moved up at least one star rating. As well as this, no councils are in the bottom CP category, for the first time since the system began in 2002. Continue reading…
Petition aims to save Gloucester psychiatric unit
A petition aimed at saving a psychiatric unit has garnered more than 3,000 signatures.
Holly House in Gloucester was marked for closure because of health cutbacks, the BBC reports. Continue reading…
NHS employment scheme yields results
An NHS employment scheme in Scotland, the Professional Care Recruitment (PCR) initiative, has helped scores of local people find work.
So far 125 people have found jobs through the project, which is being implemented in the Forth Valley in areas such as Glasgow, Lothian and Grampian. Continue reading…
