Sir Bob Kerslake is to become the new head of the Civil Service following the retirement of the current incumbent, Sir Gus O’Donnell, at the end of the year.
Cornwall Council is calling on people with relevant experience to put themselves forward for one of six places on a shadow board being set up to oversee the establishment of a new ALMO.
A Cornwall wide survey carried out by Cornwall Council and its partners during May and June of this year has revealed an increase in the number of people who consider themselves to be sleeping rough, with 88 people saying that have slept out for more than a week.
A survey by Dods for global IT security and data protection firm Sophos has found that 68 per cent of UK civil servants think that there is a greater security risk when Government officers use personal laptops in the workplace, compared to using work laptops.
UK civil servants indicate that headcount reduction is not the answer as they look to shared services and contract renegotiations to reduce IT overheads
Thousands of workers at Nottinghamshire County Council are due to stage a 24-hour strike today in protest at spending cuts and the threat of 1,000 job losses.
The head of eco insurance provider, Naturesave, says councils could do more to help save the planet, by kick starting the adoption of renewable energy sources, like solar heating, in domestic environments.
