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Excellent people management will be crucial if the public services, and the businesses which depend upon them, are to survive these current tight times. the CIPD has said. In the Comprehensive Spending Review (20 October 2010), Chancellor George Osborne revealed average cuts in departmental budgets of 19 per cent over four years. Local authorities will face 7.1 per cent annual cut in their budgets, while the…

The Government has announced (20 October 2010) its intention to cut public spending in the UK by £81 billion a year by 2014/2015 in order to eliminate the structural budget deficit. Key measures to achieve this will include: A cut to Government Departmental budgets of around 19% on average, with a loss of around half a million public sector jobs Cuts to the welfare budget  …

EfC members were joined by two government ministers - Edward Davey MP, Minister for Employment Relations at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Maria Miller MP, Minister for Disabled People at the Department for Work and Pensions at a networking event hosted by the Metropolitan Police on 14.10.10. Maria Miller, who has responsibility for carers within DWP, recognised key issues of concern…

A report published today (11 October 2010) by the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlights the challenges faced by carers. The Equality and Human Rights Commission Triennial Review highlights the challenges faced by carers in the light of the ageing population as one of the key risks to equality that is likely to increase over the coming years unless we take action to address this.…