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Race equality initiatives ‘must be built upon’
Acceleration is required in the initiatives devised to help people from ethnic minority backgrounds to play a greater role in their communities, it has been suggested.
Parmjit Dhanda, minister for cohesion, stated today that projects intended to break down barriers and improve relationships between network partners in communities were making progress, but that more needed to be done. (more…)
Tall buildings ‘may be acceptable at an earlier stage’
In the future tall buildings may be acceptable from outline planning consent stage, new guidance suggests.
Governmental design and historic environment advisers have stated that such proposals could be considered acceptable provided they represent part of a "robust and credible" master plan, the Planning Portal reports. (more…)
Councils ’should have stronger role in healthcare’
Local councils should be given a greater role in the delivery and management of health services in areas where local PCT (primary care trusts) can be seen to be failing, a new report states.
The New Local Government Network (NLGN) has produced a pamphlet suggesting that health services could be made "more locally focussed and efficient" by utilising the strength of public sector financial and commissioning performance as well as improving talent management in local areas.
According to the thinktank’s Primary Care Trusts: Tailoring Commissioning report, a range of factors hamper the performance of PCTs in Britain, including lack of expert financial management, overly-centralised structures, inefficient commissioning of services and frequent restructuring. (more…)
Performance assessment developments ‘take a step forward’
The assessment tools used to evaluate the use of resources by local government are undergoing change, in a process which has move forward significantly today.
The Audit Commission states that comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) is set to be replaced by comprehensive area assessment (CAA), part of which involves the publication of a framework for use of resources in 2007-08 today. (more…)
CAN seeks opinions on business support services
CAN has run a consultation event in partnership with the Social Enterprise Coalition in London to gather views from social enterprises.
Seeking feedback on the recent government Simplifying Business Support consultation, the organisations conducted the Simplifying business support for Social Enterprises consultation event last week at the CAN Mezzanine, Loman Street. (more…)
