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News Archive 2003

This area provides links to news items which have featured previously on Policy Hub

• December 2003
• November 2003
• October 2003
• September 2003
• August 2003 (no news archived)
• July 2003
• June 2003
• May 2003
• April 2003
• March 2003
• February 2003
• January 2003

December 2003

• Councils on track to meet 2005 e-Government target - ODPM report (17 December)
• Two-thirds of government services now online - Fourth UK Online annual report (15 December)
• Managing resources to deliver better public services - National Audit Office report (12 December)
• Localism -v- Centralisation: a false choice - Demos publication (12 December)
• Review of government pilots published (11 December)
• British Social Attitudes 2003 published - National Centre for Social Research (9 December)
• Review of trends in tackling social disadvantage - New Policy Institute/Joseph Rowntree Foundation report (9 December)
• Reasons for record Council Tax rises - Audit Commission report (4 December)
• A 'new professionalism' for the civil service - Guardian report (3 December)

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November 2003

• Most people at risk of being under-pensioned - Pensions Policy Institute report (27 November)
• Call for welfare-based intervention for school truants - NACRO report (26 November)
• Electricity supply and plans to phase out nuclear power - Adam Smith Institute report (25 November)
• Disability and low incomes - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report (19 November)
• School funding for disadvantaged children - IPPR report (19 November)
• Social research methods: a reader (13 November)
• Companies to disclose social and environmental performance - IPPR report (11 November)
• Criticism of IT procurement and management of LIBRA project - House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report (11 November)
• Childcare provision for children living outside areas targeted by government - Daycare Trust report (10 November)
• Governance of public services included in new Joseph Rowntree Foundation research programmes (6 November)
• Carbon Dioxide, food supply and greenhouse gas reductions - Transport 2000 report (6 November)
• Biofuels policy needs clear goals - report from House of Commoms Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (6 November)
• Call to revitalise medical research - Academy of Medical Sciences report (1 November)

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October 2003

• How to improve difficult public sector forms - National Audit Office report (31 October)
• House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Select Committee calls for government re-think on proposed changes to publicly funded immigration and asylum work (31 October)
• IPPR report calls for new targets on North-South divide (30 October)
• Report from Health Development Agency calls for 20 mph speed limit to save 13,000 children's lives each year (30 October)
• King's Fund report calls for a new relationship between government and the NHS (28 October)
• CBI report says UK transport is 'tarnishing' UK as a place to do business (27 October)
• Parents' problems with saving for their children - Mintel report (24 October)
• Warning of shortage of vets with large animal experience - House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee report (23 October)
• Query over 2001 Census figures for 'very hard to count' areas - Statistics Commission Interim report (23 October)
• Managing health and environment risks from chemicals - Environment Agency strategy (22 October)
• Lessons to be learned from the GM debate - Genewatch UK report (22 October)
• £4m research programme on obesity, diabetes and osteoporosis - Medical Research Council announcement (21 October)
• Childcare provision will not necessarily reduce child poverty - British Medical Journal report (17 October)
• DEFRA publish GM crops farm-scale evaluations study (16 October)
• Progress on poverty, 1997 to 2003/4 - Joseph Rowntree Foundation study
• (15 October)
• Need for improved corporate governance in public services - Audit Commission report (14 October)
• National congestion charge to reduce traffic and pollution - IPPR report (14 October)
• More people work longer hours - CIPD survey (10 October)
• Community policing experiment failed to reduce fear of crime - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report (9 October)
• Working after 65 - IPPR report (7 October)
• Improved target setting and monitoring - FT interview with Len Cook, ONS (6 October)
• Local government's statutory responsibility for undertaking research - LARIA/LGA report (2 October)

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September 2003

• Human Rights in service delivery - Audit Commission report (30 September)
• EU urged to take e-government seriously - European Commission report
• (29 September)
• NHS reform?: Health Secretary, John Reid's new report published by the New Local Government Network (25 September)
• PFI for the voluntary sector?: new book launched by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (25 September)
• Ageing and pensions: new pamphlet from Centre for European Reform (23 September)
• Europeanisation not globalisation: Economic and Social Research Council research (22 September)
• Better use of alternatives to regulation: Better Regulation Task Force report (17 September)
• New Deal for Communities targets too difficult, suggests Polly Toynbee in Society Guardian (17 September)
• Media under-reporting and serious health issues: King's Fund report (15 September)
• Targets in the public sector (10 September)
• The benefits of public sector relocation: interim report of Lyons review (9 September)
• Preparing for the New Old: Demos research on the challenges of an ageing society (4 September)
• Pressures of the 24 hour society: Joseph Rowntree Foundation research
• (2 September)

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July 2003

• How useful are targets for improving the delivery of public services? (22 July)
• Strengthening partnerships for tackling social exclusion: new research findings (17 July)
• How do employers view people in unskilled, low-status, low-pay jobs? (15 July)
• Learning to listen: ODPM Action Plan for children and young people (14 July)
• Assessing the quality of qualitative research (10 July)
• Introducing the Magenta Book: Guidance Notes on Policy Evaluation (9 July)
• Assessing the 10 year transport plan (7 July)
• Tackling health inequalities: Audit Commission report published (2 July)

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June 2003

• Social Science Week:revitalising policy through research (23-27 June)
• Relocating public sector jobs: consultation exercise announced (19 June)
• How do parents cope with the pressures of the 24/7society? Joseph Rowntree Foundation research (18 June)
• Supporting disabled people into work: IPPR report (17 June)
• Reforming public services: Prime Minister delivers Inaugural Fabian Society Annual Lecture (17 June)
• Delivering on Gender Equality (12 June)
• How can the UK's poor technological performance be explained? (9 June)
• Strengthening regional economies through cities (6 June)
• Is the NHS Plan delivering? - Audit Commission report (5 June)
• Improving public services though call centres: House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report (5 June)
• Experience is the key to career success: CIPD survey of career management practices (3 June)

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May 2003

• Creating an e-government mixed economy: Office of e-Envoy consultation document published (29 May)
• How much trust do we have in our public bodies? (21 May)
• Crossing boundaries (14 May)
• Government on-track for e-delivery (16 May)
• Innovating local delivery of public services (19 May)
• Improving public services through innovation (8 May)
• The effects of job relocation on families (8 May)
• Designing a Demonstration Project The Government Chief Social Researcher's Office (part of the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit) has designed a demonstration project to test new policies to help those on the margins of the labour market retain work and advance in employment. (2 May)

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April 2003

• Futurebuilders Fund Consultation (30 April)
• Assessing the quality of homeworking : ESRC research on the experience of homeworking (28 April)
• Can Public Interest Companies improve the delivery of public services? (24 April)
• How effectively is research used in policy making? National Audit Office report published on how effectively Government commission research use that research to improve service delivery and develop (16 April)
• What makes a good council Audit Commission report on how evidence from the first Comprehensive Performance Assessment can be used to improve local service delivery (3 April)
• Forecasting the future of the English countryside Countryside Agency report considers what the countryside will look like in 2020 (1 April)
• Assessing the Government's pension reforms IFS analysis (April 2003)

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March 2003

• The role of Agencies in improving service delivery National Audit report explores how effectively administrative agencies have used targets to achieve 'continuous improvement in service delivery' (28 March)
• Joining up services for older people National Audit Office report examines whether the development of services relevant to older people is joined up (26 March)
• What have the social sciences contributed to Britain? Report of the national review of the social sciences (25 March)
• Are public services improving? Guardian/ICM opinion poll (19 March)
• Outsourcing the 2001 census: the lessons House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report (17 March)
• Britain slips down international league in e-government uptake (17 March)
• Measuring living standards 2003 Households Below Average Income Survey published (13 March)
• New projects announced for the Social Exclusion Unit (6 March)
• A modern regional policy for the United Kingdom Treasury Consultation Document published (6 March)
• Learning lessons from the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak Report of House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee (5 March)
• Front-line leaders are the key to transforming public services Chartered Institute of Personnel Development report explores the ways in which public sector managers have been able to transform organisations (5 March)
• Bridging the gap between career and retirement Policy Studies Institute research on the role of 'bridge' jobs in the lives of people leaving work between 50 and state retirement age (March 03)
• What impact does research have on policy? ESRC Evidence Network paper published (March 03)
• Getting grass-roots involvement in tackling social exclusion Demos publish a report examining the potential role of non-governmental community based organisations (CBOs) in tackling social exclusion (March 03)

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February 2003

• Linking people to places and services . The Social Exclusion Unit published its final report on transport and social exclusion (26 February)
• Better procurement for swifter delivery of effective public services Government announces new project to improve procurement processes and practices (21 February)
• Making e-services accessible to older people NAO Office assesses the progress of Government departments in making e-services more accessible to older people (20 February)
• Authors retract paper linking MMR vaccine to autism 20 February
• The Challenge of economic reform in Europe HM Treasury issue a progress report on economic reform in EU (17 February)
• Reducing delays in patient discharge rates NAO report assesses progress in meeting Government targets (12 February)
• The role of Agencies in service delivery New NAO project announced (9 February)
• Linking housing to health, social care and other local strategies New framework for producing joined up housing strategy for older people (7 February)
• How will the Labour Market cope as Britain gets older? ONS literature review on the effects of population ageing on the labour market (6 February)
• Measuring the quality of children's lives Demos think tank report (6 February)
• PFI gets good marks from the National Audit Office NAO report finds evidence that PFI is delivering benefits to Central Government (5 February)
• Why do some community projects close and others continue? Audit Commission research (February 2003)

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January 2003

• A Portrait of today's society 33rd edition of Social Trends (30 January)
• Connecting with users and citizens Audit Commission guidance on involving local people in improving services that they use (23 January)
• The Future of Higher Education 'White paper' which sets out the Government's plans for radical reform and investment in universities and Higher Education colleges (22 January)
• Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU) (19 January)
• Treasury publish new 'Green Book' (16 January)
• The impact of devolution within the United Kingdom House of Lords Constitution Committee report published (15 January)
• How well do fathers manage the Work-Life Balance? Equal Opportunities Commission research published (14 January)
• How Useful are Internet Polls? (9 January)

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