Policy Bulletin
Welcome to February’s Policy e-Bulletin which provides links to policy initiatives relevant to Trafford as a whole. We select from the resources listed at the end of the publication. If there are any other resources you’d like us to select from, please e-mail Anesha Pandor in the Performance and Partnerships team.
All views and feedback welcome: anesha.pandor@trafford.gov.uk
- Cross Directorate
- Children and Young People
- Communities and Wellbeing
- Economic Growth and Prosperity
- Environment, Transport and Operations
- Transformation and Resources
- New Research and Statistics
- Bulletin Archive
Cross Directorate
Mutuals: 19/01/2012
A new Co-operatives Bill, announced by the Prime Minister, will provide new rights for public sector workers to create mutuals and own a stake in their success.
Local Government Finance Bill: 18/01/2012
This Bill takes forward proposals designed to encourage local economic growth, reduce the financial deficit and drive decentralisation.
What Can a Mayor Do for your City? - Government Response: 16/01/2012
Summary of Responses of Consultation.
Community First Endowment: 07/01/2012
Launch of the new Community First endowment, which aims to raise £150 million to be invested to secure the future of local community projects in England.
Councils Given the Go- ahead to tackle Historic Pay Inequalities: 10/01/2012
Communities Minister Bob Neill has given more councils the go-ahead to tackle historic pay inequalities.
Regeneration to Enable Growth: A Toolkit: 13/01/2012
This document explains how the Government is putting civic leaders, residents, local businesses and civil society organisations in the driving seat to drive the regeneration of their area.
Children and Young People
Raising the Participation Age: 20/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on elements of how raising the participation age to 17 in 2013 and 18 in 2015 will work in practice, closing date 13th April.
Plans for No- Notice Inspections: 10/01/2012
Ofsted’s announcement of plans to introduce no-notice inspections for all regular school inspections from September 2012.
Inspection of Adoption Support Agencies: 10/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on proposals for a revised framework for the inspection of adoption support agencies, closing date 3rd April 2012.
Regulation of Providers on the Early Years Register: 09/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on proposals for a revised framework for the regulation and inspection of registered early year’s provision, consultation closing date 6th April 2012.
Academies: 04/01/2012
Transcript of the speech by Education Secretary Michael Gove on academies.
Communities and Wellbeing
Dealing with Problems of Late Night Drinking: 18/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on two measures that will be implemented through early morning restriction orders and the late night levy, closing date 10th April.
Care Quality Commission: 11/01/2012
10 Reports published from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities.
NHS Future Forum: 10/01/2012
Government’s response to the NHS Future Forum’s second report.
Youth Sport Strategy: 10/01/2012
This strategy aims to help to deliver a sporting legacy from the 2012 Games to encourage everyone to take up sport.
Economic Growth and Prosperity
Social Housing Fraud: 11/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on proposals to help landlords reduce tenancy fraud within the social housing stock, closing date 4th April.
Allocations of Accommodation - Consultation: 05/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on new draft statutory guidance on social housing allocations for local authorities in England, closing date 30th March.
Environment, Transport and Operations
Permit Schemes for Street Works: 31/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on proposals to give local authority applications more power to operate ‘permit schemes’, closing date 25th April 2012.
Green Deal: 12/01/2012
Transcript of the speech by Climate Change Minister Greg Barker. He talks about the government's Green Deal programme, its aims and how it will work.
Waste Collection: 16/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on proposed amendments, which sets out the penalties which local authorities may apply to householders who present their waste incorrectly for collection, closing date 9th March.
Blue Badge Improvement Service: 10/01/2012
Ministerial statement by Local Transport Minister Norman Baker. He provides an update on the implementation of the Blue Badge reform programme and the Blue Badge Improvement Service.
High Speed Rail: 10/01/2012
This document sets out the decisions reached by the government in the light of the 'High speed rail: Investing in Britain's future' consultation. Read more.
High Speed Rail: Ministerial Statement by Transport Secretary Justine. Read more.
Transformation and Resources
Legal Services Board: 10/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on the functions of the Legal Services Board and Office for Legal Complaints, closing date 30th March.
Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Department’s Statistics: 10/01/2012
This consultation seeks views on options for changing the data collection for land use change statistics and other proposed changes, closing date 2nd April 2012.
Government Response to the Future of Local Audit - Consultation: 04/01/2012
This is the government response to the future of local audit consultation on proposals for the new audit framework.
New Research and Statistics
Youth Index 2012: 25/01/2012
This fourth annual Youth Index report from the Prince’s Trust gauges how content young people are across a range of areas from family life to physical health.
City Strategy: 25/01/2012
This report identifies key lessons relevant to future initiatives where sub-regional and local partnership working is employed to address worklessness.
January Statistical Bulletin: 23/01/2012
Monthly snapshot of core economic and labour market data published by the Local Government Association.
Cities Outlook 2012: 23/01/2012
Cities Outlook 2012 sets out how different cities are set to fare through the challenging economic circumstances of the year ahead.
Attitudes to Age in Britain: 12/01/2012
This report re-examines the evidence on attitudes to ageing in Britain in 2010-11.
Review of Social Enterprise in Rural England: 12/01/12
Review of rural social enterprise in England in order to understand the relative importance of social enterprises to the economy, society and environment of rural areas.
Resources: CABE, AGMA, BBC, CLG, Home Office, DE, Demos, Info4local, Institute of Local Government Studies, Institute of Public Policy Research, LocalGov, LGC, LGA and First Online, New Economics Foundation, North West Regional Intelligence Unit, Opportunities.co.uk, Policy Hub (Civil Service), PWC Government and Public Sector Weekly News, Progressive Governance, Public Servant, Management Journal, Policy Exchange.
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Who to Contact
Anesha Pandor
Partnerships and Performance
Trafford Council
7th Floor, Quay West
Trafford Wharf Road
Manchester
M17 1HH
Email: partnershipsteam@trafford.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 4014
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