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Partnership in Public Services |
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The Partnership in Public Services action plan has been delivered in response to the third sector's concern that insights that could transform people's lives are often lost because innovators struggle to find the advice, support and contacts they need to advance and grow their ideas. [Open] |
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Positively charged. Audit Commission. |
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This report presents the findings from the research into councils' use of their powers to charge for services.It will be of particular interest to councillors, in both their executive decision-making and scrutiny roles, and to finance and service managers with responsibility for the implementation of the councils' approach to charging. Audit Commission want to see councils review the approach to charging and to how they communicate with the public on their charging policies.For a summary click[open].
From 2009 the Audit Commission judgements on use of resources will take into account the extent to which councils are using charging to further their strategic objectives. [Open] |
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Prospectus 2008:the guide to improvement and efficiency support. |
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This prospectus builds on the Government's commitment to make it easier for councils and their partners to access the right support at the right time.It draws together comprehensively the improvement support that is available from Government to help local authorities and partners to meet the efficiency challenge, move beyond competence and imprtantly, deliver better public services. [Open] |
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Public Sector Sustainable Procurement Assessment Framework. Forum for the Future,Revised 2006. |
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Designed by Forum for the Furure, in conjunction with Value Wales, to help public sector organisations to determine the extent to which they are currently considering sustainable procurement within their organisation. It incorporates the recommendation of the UK Sustainable Procurement Task Force (UKSPTF)report 'Procuring the Future, June 2006, in respect of the Flexible Framework Tool' which is the method recommended by the UKSPTF for public sector scrutiny. |
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