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Discusses the British government's White paper on urban policy. Challenges faced by cities or ways in which they can be met; Differences of the 2000 White Paper with previous versions; Financial context of the White Paper.

Focuses on the Housing Green Paper project in Great Britain. Reformation of the policy areas in both private and social housing sectors; Proposals that will require additional public funding; Acknowledgement of the paper on the funding for repair in council housing; Solutions concerning the multiple deprivation afflicting the poorest areas.

The article presents information on the future of public health in Great Britain. This paper reviews the government's early commitment to, and initiatives in, public health which formed the foundations of its present policy, and examines the reasons for public health becoming an issue of almost unprecedented prominence. Finally, it looks ahead to anticipate what public health might look like in the aftermath of the White Paper expected in November 2004. Public health underwent something of a renaissance following the election of the Labor government in 1997.

Chronicles Great Britain's Labour government's transport policy since 1997. Creation of the Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions under the Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott; Definition of an integrated transport policy in the 1998 White Paper; Downplaying of the importance of demand management.

Focuses on the goal of the Department for International Development to achieve global redistribution and poverty reduction in Great Britain. Changes in the basic aid instrument nature; Impartation of the government aids to non-governmental organizations; Abolition of the aid-trade program to promote developmental policies.

Discusses the report `White Paper on Regional Development Agencies' published by Great Britain in December 1997 which described the economic performance of the country. Failure of the conventional regional economic policy; Examination on the flaws of the economic policies implemented by the government; Aim of the country to level with its international competitors; Strategies and policies which the government should launch to spur economic development.

Comments on the White Paper issued by Great Britain's government in reply to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's report 'Energy--the changing climate.' Scientific rationale for the proposed 60 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions; Allocation of emission rights to nations on a per capita basis; Urgency of challenge; Government action through research; Scenarios for 2050.

Discusses two weakness in the welfare-to-work propaganda of the Great Britain government in 2003. Relative neglect of rehabilitation; Reluctance to address issues around employers' reluctance to employ the disabled.

There has been much discussion recently about school diversity and modernising the ‘comprehensive principle’. The 2001 White Paper Schools achieving success (DfES) proposed the expansion of the specialist schools programme, city academies and faith schools. In addition, interested parties — community groups, faith groups, LEAs, other public, private or voluntary bodies — were to be invited to publish proposals where an LEA identified a need for a new maintained school. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Outlines criticisms of the way that city councils are financed in Great Britain. Importance of providing local government access to a combination of local taxes; Role of grant in the local government finance system; Need to balance local government finance.

Discusses the European Union's (EU) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Directive (ETS) due for implementation in 2005. Caps on large point sources of climate pollution such as power stations, oil refineries and large industry; Removal of the problem of price elasticity; Issue of setting the level of caps; Implementation in Great Britain.

Examines the digital divide in Great Britain related to the rapid internet and telecommunications technology development and the contradictions between government initiatives. Social exclusion causes related to digital convergence components; Factors affecting the government initiatives' plan to bridge the digital divide; Telecommunications industry regulation-based interventions.

The article presents information on introducing patient choice in the National Health service, Great Britain. There has been a move by policy makers and commentators away from the traditional model of care based on medical beneficence--'doctor knows best'--to one in which patients are autonomous service users who make active choices about the amount and type of health care they consume. This paper considers the assumptions behind patient choice as a policy instrument and examines the role of information in making patient choice a viable option in practice.

Discusses the impact of aviation emissions on climate change, and approaches to its control. Scale of challenge posed by aviation emissions in Great Britain; Emissions trading; Emissions charges; Barriers to progress from the international front.

Discusses how to create appropriate incentives to invest in marriage in Great Britain. Policy debate concerning marriage; Liberal and conservative reforms' goal of expanding the range of marriage-like models; Ways to extend the degree of pluralism in marital models; Advantages of marital contracts; Popular criticism against marriage agreements.

Explores the neglected potential of parish councils in the establishment of a decentralized system of delivery of local government services in Great Britain. Mistake in equating councils solely with service delivery; Gaps in the democratic process of including parish councils in the delivery of local government services; Importance of parishes as implementation mechanism for Single Regeneration Budget projects.

Focuses on the benefits agenda for disabled people in Great Britain. Types of disability benefits; Changes in the Incapacity Benefit; Details on the Disability Working Allowance.

Discusses the spending of the government of Great Britain on social security. Discussion on the case for reining in benefits spending; Role of the benefits system; Overview of the continuing poverty and rising inequality which indicates failure.

Argues that the policies of the Labour Party government in Great Britain on education will fail to reduce inequality. Commitment of the government to raise the educational standards; Examination on the policies of the government; Plan of the government for the implementation of the policies.

Discusses the social housing policy of Great Britain. Role of the social housing policy in urban community regeneration; Attitudes of the public regarding social housing; Forum launched by a member of the Parliament to debate the issue of social housing policy.

Presents a list of books about the economic policy of Great Britain.

Reports the implications of unconstrained air transport on the environmental condition in Great Britain. Viewpoints from industrialists and environmentalists pertaining to the constraints; Establishment of Heathrow fifth terminal; Scrutiny on the transport improvements.

The article presents information on 14-19 educational reform and training in Great Britain. The government commissioned an independent report on the future of this education, the Tomlinson Working Group which, in October 2004, recommended the establishment of a multi-level diploma system as a new framework for post-14 learning. this article we will argue that if the Tomlinson proposals are to spearhead a movement out of a medium participation system, then not only will they have to be accepted in full but also immediately reinforced by the creation of a more collaborative institutional framework and, in the longer term, by significant reform of the youth labour market and the role employers play in 14-19 education and training.

Focuses on the politics, philosophy and economics of local taxation in Great Britain. System of local government finance in the nation; Political issue of local government taxation; Economic impact of rate of increase of Council Tax.

Focuses on the proposal to reform local taxation in the local government in Great Britain. Proposal of a new local income tax; Addition of imputed income on owner-occupied property to the tax base on which income would be levied; Revenue implications of the proposal.

Studies changes in the extent of intergenerational mobility in economic status over time in Great Britain. Relationship between individuals' earnings and income and parental income; Effects of differences in education policy on the observed patterns of change.

Studies social segregation in state education in Great Britain. Levels of social segregation; Impact of the introduction of extended parental school choice; Equality of access to schools; Promotion of equity and social inclusion.

Discusses the challenge of addressing the problem of climate change in Great Britain. Basis for international action provided by the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol; Great Britain's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; Principles guiding Britain's approach to international change climate negotiations; Cost of action; Role of technology.

Debates over the issue of whether living standards should be higher inside or outside the European monetary union (EMU). Possibility of the stimulation of private sector investments by EMU membership; Analysis of the impact of exchange rate uncertainty on fixed capital investment with reference to the case of Great Britain; Factors that influence investment levels in a country.

Focuses on the importance of capital investment which has not been valued for its actual potential in Great Britain. Reasons for low value of capital investment; Tips for the economic market regarding making investments; Role of capital investment in the required rates of return; Problems regarding investments in Great britain; Factor responsible for the failure of investment policies.

Reports the referendum of an elected mayor for a local authority in Great Britain. Factors influencing the results of the referendum; Details on the restructuring of executive arrangements; Implementation of postal balloting procedure.

Focuses on the effect of Public Service Agreements on public policy in Great Britain. Improvements in the delivery of financial incentives; Enhancement in education quality; Benefits of economies of scale from cross-district partnerships.

The existence of school performance tables is not only accepted by policy makers, it is celebrated. The Prime Minister recently boasted that ‘there is now more performance information published about British Schools than anywhere else in the world’ (The Times 5.9.01). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Discusses the stand of the Labour government on Public Private Partnership (PPP) programs in Great Britain. Applications of PPP in various government agencies; General principles of PPP; Criteria in assessing the effectiveness of a PPP program; Application of principles to specific cases; Policy issues on public enterprises.

Focuses on the changes in the public spending in Great Britain. Issuance of grants in aid by the central government; Representation of Ireland's share of expenditure on defense and other non-devolved services in accordance to Gladstone's Home Rule Bill of 1886; Indifference of the English public on the issue of financial devolution.

Focuses on the British government's anti-poverty strategy. Absence of debate about which of the poverty indicators the government intends to track; Challenges posed by adopting a clear measure of income poverty; Provision of higher benefits to provide `security for those who cannot work.'

Discusses the effects of the British government's announcement of targets, particularly in the area of electronic service delivery. Policies relating to data protection; Prevention of social exclusion; Choices facing the government in case targets are not met.

Reports on the failure of British government departments to make references to the goal of securing greater racial equality in their Public Service Agreements. Areas of public policy where a focus on outcome-based measures relating to racial equality are needed; Employment practices of the departments.

Warns of the consequences of Public Service Agreements on British finance. Perverse outcomes of centralization and poorly designed performance targets; Possible loss of local initiative; Decentralization of government; Techniques of regulation.

Assesses the transportation policy of the Labour Party government in Great Britain. Limitations of the Integrated Transport Policy; Inconsistencies in the policy; Worldwide growth in mobility; Reasons for the increase of car traffic; Demographic factors which contribute to traffic growth; Benefits of improved mobility; Actions taken by the government to deal with transportation problems; Government investments for infrastructures.

Focuses on the evolution of area regeneration approaches in Great Britain during the 1990s. Challenges facing the Labour Party government; Funding problem faced by the government in its urban regeneration program; Elements of the report made by the Social Exclusion Unit on regeneration program.

Deals with the report made by Great Britain's Urban Task Force on issues concerning urban renaissance. Problems with the urban land and property markets; Recommendations of the report on urban problems; Rationale behind the creation of real estate investment trusts; Reasons for the decline of urban areas; Urban rural shift theory; Focus of the urban regeneration initiatives of the 1980s and 1990s; Cost of urban regeneration policies.

Discusses the social inclusion policy of the Labour Party government in Great Britain. Focus of the government's campaign against poverty; Problem with workforce unemployment rates; Implications of poverty; Approach to urban unemployment; Labor demand versus labor supply issue.

Looks at the progress achieved by the Labour Party government in Great Britain to reduce or eliminate child poverty. How the government defined poverty; Indicators of the extent of poverty in the country; Discussion on statistics; Strategies implemented by the government to reduce poverty.

Looks at the links between university and industry and how its interaction can resolve the productivity gap in Great Britain. Efforts made by the two West Midlands small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to implement technological change in the company and improve their productivity; Lessons which can be used by SME, universities and public policy bodies on the promotion of links that can reduce the productivity gap.

Focuses on the plans of the government of Great Britain to remove the internal market in the National Health Service. Purpose of the internal market; Problems encountered in the internal market; Emphasis of the government on the need for collaboration and partnership across health professionals and agency boundaries.

Focuses on the internal market reforms of the National Health Service in Great Britain. Effects of health care interventions in terms of their impact on duration and quality of life; Introduction of the general practice fundholding; Details on the supply of hospital care; Need to improve equity.

Discusses the plan of the government of Great Britain to increase its spending on education. Analysis on the public spending of the Labour Party government; Percentage of the government budget that goes on education; How the educational budget is allotted to different phases of public education.

Deals with a study which explored the implications concerning the amount of greenfield land in middle England, as seen in the planned provision of housing land. Views on the household projections; Implications for planning; Housing policy implications.

Discusses the major reform of the housing benefit scheme in Great Britain. Context of the housing benefit; Shifting the cost of housing support; Need for reform in the housing benefit scheme; Options for reform.