ONS: Workless households for regions across the UK, 2014 – (ONS: Birth Characteristics in England & Wales, 2014)
NAO: The art of spending public money wisely
NO: Councils reminded they can contract out services, but they cannot contract out accountability – (NO: Proper timescales must be followed when deciding homelessness applications, LGO reminds councils)
NHS England: 1 in 4 GP appointments potentially avoidable
GDS Blogs: It’s all about people: DVLA delivers real transformation – (GDS: Status tracking - making it easy to keep users informed ~ Government as a platform for the rest of us)
DVSA: The Highway Code is now easier to use on GOV.UK
ScotGov: Rise in early reading – (Drop in Scotland’s food waste welcomed)
Adam Smith Inst: Let councils replace business rates with a tax on land values
IPPR: £1bn shortfall in Government childcare extension pledge
IPPR North: George Osborne speech - Business rates devolution opens bold new frontier in Northern Powerhouse and decentralisation
IFG: Statement on the creation of a National Infrastructure Commission
NIESR: October 2015 GDP estimates: GDP growth by 0.5% in 3 months ending in September 2015
IEA: Support for ‘Corbynomics’ could see damaging policy mistakes repeated – (IEA: Business rate devolution brings welcome tax competition to the UK)
DEMOS: Enlist Social Media Users to Tackle Online Extremism
techUK: Addressing trust and security is key to UK's cloud computing future – (techUK: Equal Pay Survey)
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