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News Archive 2004

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

• December 2004
• November 2004
• October 2004
• September 2004
• August 2004
• July 2004
• June 2004
• May 2004
• April 2004
• March 2004
• February 2004
• January 2004

December 2004

• Community Support Officers (CSOs) detention power pilot results - Home Office report 23 December
• Annual progress report on mental health in Scotland - SE report 22 December
• Transport trends: 2004 edition - DfT report 16 December
• NHS funding for long term care - Health Ombudsman report 16 December
• Widening gulf in attainment in primary school reading - Ofsted report 15 December
• Skills for life: improving adult literacy and numeracy - NAO report 15 December
• One hundred years of poverty and policy - JRF report 14 December
• Scotland - smoking ban research findings published 13 December
• Strategies against poverty - JRF report 13 December
• Scotland - First Improving Regulation Annual Report 13 December
• Government Innovators Network - US portal
• Social exclusion and children not in school - Ofsted report 10 December
• Children's Fund - social exclusion and local partnerships - Ofsted report 10 December
• Helping the most vulnerable claim their human rights - ippr report 10 December
• Delivering public services to a diverse society - NAO report 10 December
• Exploring community responses to drugs - JRF report 9 December
• Delivering the essentials of life - Defra five year strategy 8 December
• Reinventing government again - SMF report 8 December
• Better Regulation - Food Labelling, Data Protection and IPPC Directive - BRTF report 7 December
• Call for reform of incapacity benefit - ippr report 5 December
• Sustained improvement in NHS - Chief Executive's report 3 December
• Rethinking crime and punishment - Rethinking Crime and Punishment report 2 December
• Policy and practice for foreign national prisoners - PRT report 1 December
• Reducing Crime: the Home Office working with Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships - NAO report 1 December
• Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2004 - JRF report 1 December

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November 2004

• State of Children's Rights in England 2004 - Children's Rights Alliance report 29 November
• Crime against retail and manufacturing premises - Home Office report 26 November
• Tackling congestion - NAO report 26 November
• Routes out of poverty - JRF report 24 November
• First progress report of the Ethnic Minority Employment Task Force 23 November
• Government evaluation of social programmes - King's Fund report 22 November
• New moves on smoking, obesity and sexual health - Health White Paper 16 November
• Call to double council tax for second home owners - Shelter report 16 November
• Alternatives to Prison - Coulsfield Inquiry report 16 November
• Enterprise in Scottish education funding 16 November
• International strategy for education - DFES report 15 November
• Scottish school reforms take to international stage 15 November
• Progress on safeguards for children living away from home - JRF report 15 November
• Migrant workers from the new Europe - TUC report 9 November
• Gypsy and Traveller Sites - House of Commons report 8 November
• Is the UK on course for a low carbon economy? - ippr report 8 November
• Outsourcing: good news for jobs, exports and productivity - AIM Research report 8 November
• Growing pressure to off-shore - CBI report 8 November
• The experiences of young people in prison - Community Care/Prison Reform Trust report 4 November
• The evaluation of three 'Communities that Care' demonstration projects - JRF report 4 November
• 5th Campbell Colloquium on Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, to be held in Lisbon, 23-25 February 2005
• Youth crime and youth justice: public opinion in England and Wales - Nuffield Foundation report 3 November
• Education options for 14-19 year olds under review - Nuffield Foundation report 3 November
• New approaches to education for circus, fairground and gypsy children - Nuffield Foundation research 3 November
• World class services for older people - DH report 2 November
• Developments and trends in mental health policy - ippr report 1 November

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October 2004

• Building the social care workforce - ippr report 29 October
• The impact of green taxes on the poorest homes 27 October
• Increased employer investment in health is key to combating public health crisis - SMF report 25 October
• The 'hidden menace' of regulatory creep - BRTF report 21 October
• Dangers of driving tired - DfT report 19 October
• New diploma framework to strengthen existing educational qualifications - Working Group on 14-19 Reform report 18 October
• Crime, persistent offenders and the justice gap - CSF report 18 October
• Reducing re-offending in Scotland - consultation analysis 18 October
• Professional skills for government - consultation launch 18 October
• How does the state treat people when they become involved? - IPPR and Design Council research 14 October
• How images of smokers, drinkers and drug-takers affect young people's own lifestyles 13 October
• Improving Emergency Care in England - NAO report 13 October
• Youth offending: the delivery of community and custodial sentences - PAC report 12 October
• Special educational needs and disability: towards inclusive schools - Ofsted report 12 October
• Pension contributions and membership have been slipping steadily - Pensions Commission report 12 October
• Gypsy and Traveller charter - Novas launch 11 October
• Scottish education resource targets bigotry 11 October
• Tuberculosis - DH action plan published 7 October
• Equivalent of £1.1 billion provided by business in volunteering 5 October
• Well-being and policy making - nef report 4 October

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September 2004

• National Service Framework for mental health, five years on - Mind report 30 September
• Major problems for disabled people on four out of five British high streets - DRC report 29 September
• Teenage smoking still worryingly high - ESRC report 23 September
• Police improve performance - Home Office police performance monitors 22 September
• Jobs and enterprise in deprived areas - Social Exclusion Unit report 21 September
• Helping others raises quality of life for British Citizens - ESRC research 20 September
• Sociology and policy science: just in time? - article by Philip Davies of GCSRO in British Journal of Sociology September
• Policy Research Initiative: Autumn 2004 - Canadian update 16 September
• Children's charter for health and social care 15 September
• Higher Education - the benefits of diversity in admissions policies14 September
• Poverty progress 2004 - DWP and SEU reports 13 September
• Ministers should appoint civil service chiefs - Demos report 13 September
• Higher and further education - barriers need to come down - IPPR report 10 September
• The role of property in financing infrastructure - SMF report 9 September
• Future demand for long-term care in the UK - JRF report 8 September
• The future of school meals - CPAG report 8 September
• Better social care regulation through greater participation - BRTF report 8 September
• The rise of the women's remand population - PRT report 6 September
• The cost of domestic violence - WEU report 1 September

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August 2004

• Majority of childcarers meet government standards - Ofsted report 31 August
• Challenges of public private partnerships - IPPR report 28 August
• The cost of missed GP appointments - DPP report 24 August
• Whitehall, Parliament and Brussels should do more to promote transparency and accessibility 16 August
• Getting young people back into education, employment and training - Prince's Trust report 10 August
• Defra Science Forward Look report - electronic version released 5 August
• Towards a UK Academy for Public Policy, Administration and Management (UK-APPAM) August
• Contribution of nursing, midwifery and health visiting to vulnerable children and young people - DH review 3 August
• Audit of injustice in the UK - IPPR report 2 August
• Government progress against 2010 emissions targets - Cambridge Econometrics report 2 August

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July 2004

• Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties - Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering report 29 July
• Ten-year forward look on Local Government - ODPM papers 27 July
• Healthcare ICT needs better evaluation - IPPR report 27 July
• NHS 'arm's length' bodies to be reduced in number - DH report 22 July
• Crime in England and Wales 2003/2004 - Home Office report 22 July
• Better accountability needed in education funding - Audit Commission report 21 July
• Giving time: impact on health - CSV report 21 July
• Pioneering Social Enterprise Zone teaches government agencies to 'think local' - JRF report 20 July
• Launch of Future of Transport - DfT White Paper 20 July
• Measures of UK government output - interim report of the Atkinson review 19 July
• Reducing re-offending - Home Office national action plan 19 July
• Home Office launches Active Citizenship Centre website 19 July
• Baby boomers try to relive their youth 15 July
• Releasing Resources to the Front Line - Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency- The 'Gershon report' 14 July
• Improving patient care by reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection: a progress report 14 July
• 2004 Spending Review - full report and departmental press releases 12 July
• Towards cleaner hospitals and lower rates of infection - DH report 12 July
• NHS improving but deprived communities being left behind - Healthcare Commission report 8 July
• Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners - DfES Command paper 8 July
• Public Sector growth in education and health workforce, not bureaucrats - IPPR report 8 July
• How to make migration work for poverty reduction - HC report 8 July
• NHS to learn from complaints, communicate better and improve the patient's experience - Health Ombudsman report 7 July
• 'Unions leading the way in e-learning' - TUC report 6 July
• Equality: The benefits for responsible business - IPPR report 6 July
• Aviation and sustainability - Stockholm Environment Institute report 5 July

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June 2004

• The 'fat tax': economic incentives to reduce obesity - IFS report June
• Proceedings of the REMI All-European Regional Policy Analysis Conference in Brussels, June 7-8, 2004
• Permanent differences? Income and expenditure inequality in the 1990s and 2000s - IFS report 23 June
• Proposals to improve local quality of life - Audit Commission report 23 June
• The role of street-based youth work in linking socially excluded young people into education, training and work - JRF report 22 June
• The role of street-based youth work in linking socially excluded young people into education, training and work (22 June)
• Choice for better schools and hospitals - CPS report 22 June
• Better Regulation Champions raise the stakes on red tape - BRTF annual report 21 June
• Including those with mental health problems in the labour market - Social Exclusion Unit report 14 June
• Cyber Trust and Crime Prevention project report 11 June
• More public health specialists required - Faculty for Public Health report 7 June
• Doctors making a difference - BMA report 3 June

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May 2004

• Study of secondary teachers' attitudes - NUT publication 27 May 2004'
• Devastating threat to the nation's health' posed by obesity - HC Health Committee report 27 May 2004
• Call for disabled people to be properly represented in employment - Demos report 26 May 2004
• Examining children's relationship with their environment - Demos/Green Alliance report 26 May 2004
• Policy Evaluation in the United Kingdom - Paper presented at the KDI International Policy Evaluation Forum, Seoul, Korea 19-21 May 2004
• Citizenship and identity in Strength in Diversity - Home Office consultation document 19 May 2004
• Understanding young people's attitudes to parents' problems - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report 18 May 2004
• Better buildings at the heart of sustainable development - Sustainable Buildings Task Group report 18 May 2004
• Black and minority ethnic older people's views on research findings - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report 17 May 2004
• Sustainable development and social justice - IPPR report 17 May 2004
• Accountability of UK's powerful regulators - House of Lords report 6 May 2004
• Legislation for improved confidence in statistics - Statistics Commission report 4 May 2004

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April 2004

• Independent living for older people - DWP report 29 April 2004
• Health risks of inactive lifestyles - DH report 29 April 2004
• Call for improved provision and oversight of the extended policing family - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report 28 April 2004
• Political participation by men and by women - Electoral Commission report 27 April 2004
• Urban regeneration: can the partnership approach do more harm than good? - ESRC report 21 April 2004
• Emissions Trading Scheme reduces greenhouse gas emissions - NAO report 21 April 2004
• Evidence-Based Policy Research in Education - papers from OECD-U.S. Meeting 19-20 April 2004
• Three local authorities meet e-Government targets well ahead of schedule - e-Government News report 16 April 2004
• House of Lords Response to BCC Report 14 April 2004
• Government efforts to protect the environment welcomed - SDC report 13 April 2004
• Managing risk among mental health service users - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report 7 April 2004
• Reducing bureaucracy on Network Rail - Better Regulation Executive report 2 April 2004

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March 2004

• Regulatory guidelines ignored - BCC report 31 March 2004
• What works in drug treatment - Addaction report 30 March 2004
• Rapid progress in establishing the Drug Treatment and Testing Order - NAO report 26 March 2004
• Homeless charity saving tax payer £600,000 - Emmaus report 25 March 2004
• 15,000 children 'thrown away' - Children's Society report 24 March 2004
• Social research by children - Society Guardian article 24 March 2004
• Taking stock, interim discussion document - Social Exclusion Unit study 22 March 2004
• Prevention rather than cure for health services - King's Fund study 18 March 2004
• Hospitals responding better to needs of patients - CHI report 18 March 2004
• Housing supply - final report of Barker Review 17 March 2004
• Increases in GDP an unsatisfactory measure of economic growth - NEF report 16 March 2004
• Shaping the pattern of government service - 'Lyons report' 15 March 2004
• Improving government procurement - NAO report 12 March 2004
• Delivering for local government - CBI report 12 March 2004
• Towards an asset based NHS - New Economics Foundation study 10 March 2004
• Pockets of poverty in UK - Child Poverty Action Group report 9 March 2004
• Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments - NAO report 4 March 2004
• Reviewing the case for a local income tax - CIPFA report 4 March 2004
• Local authorities can learn from US counterparts' use of technology in decision making 3 March 2004
• NHS losses resulting from poor communication with deaf people - RNID report 3 March 2004
• Public Health Research Consortium - Department of Health call for Expressions of Interest by 23 March 2004
• Managing long term sick absence - IRS Employment Review and EEF research 1 March 2004
• Worldwide quality of life survey - MercerHR reports 1 March 2004

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February 2004

• Accessibility of childcare and early education - National Audit Office report 27 February
• Software licences for government - Public Accounts Committee report 26 February
• Securing good health for the whole population - the 'Wanless report' 25 February
• Civil service reform - speech by the Prime Minister 24 February
• Superficial displays of compassion may do more harm than good - Civitas report 23 February
• Taxation for the common good - Catholic bishops of England and Wales publication 23 February
• Greener London vital to capital's international status - London Development Agency guide 23 February
• Is evidence-based government possible? - Campbell Collaboration, Jerry Lee lecture 2004 by Philip Davies 19 February
• Reducing And preventing obesity - joint report 11 February
• New Deal for Communities, early progress - National Audit Office report 11 February
• Need for improved speed in Broadband - House of Commons, Trade and Industry Committee report 3 February
• Overcoming disadvantage - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report 3 February

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January 2004

• GM crops and foods: evidence, policy and practice in the UK - ESRC report (28 January)
• Increased resources to improve public services - National Audit Office report (28 January)
• Successful introduction of new sentences and programmes for youth offenders - National Audit Office report (21 January)
• Better consultation with new Code of Practice - Cabinet Office publication (20 January)
• Review of government communications published - The Phillis report (19 January)
• Findings of community service pilot projects - Home Office report (15 January)
• Financial costs and benefits of children - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report
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• The responsibility gap - Salvation Army report (13 January)
• Why people buy new-build housing - Joseph Rowntree Foundation report (7 January)
• Towards a UK Population Register - Registrar General's feasibility report (6 January)
• Housing in England 2001/2 published - ODPM report (4 January)

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