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The article details the contents "Every Child Matters" green paper in Great Britain. Statistics show that in 2003, only 6% of 16-to-18-year-olds who are classed as not in education, employment or training while in 2007, 7%. In 2003, 9.5% of 16-to-18-years-olds are classed as not in education, employment or training while in 2007, 9.4%.

The article focuses on the government laws to tobacco in Great Britain. It highlights the further actions planned by the British government for a tougher tobacco control consultation paper. It states that the authority's overall strategy includes effective communications and education campaigns, reduce tobacco advertising and lessen its availability and supply in the market. It outlines the issues on illicit marketing of tobacco products for younger smokers across the country.

The article reports on the failure of the government to consider ethnic minority pupils, on their revolutionise alternative education provision in Great Britain. The Runnymede Trust and the Communities Empowerment Network claimed that the proposed provisions "Back on Track," white paper, do not account the African-Caribbean young people. Rob Berkeley, deputy director of Runnymede, stresses that the proposal reflected inconsistent equality policy and ignored pupil's ethnicity.

The article offers information on the up to date list of public consultations in Great Britain. The consultation from the Welsh Assembly Government on the principles for providing financial assistance for contact activities will end on August 15, 2008. The consultation on a voluntary joint agreement on child poverty will end on September 30, 2008. The green paper from the Department for Work and Pensions is a consultation on the future of welfare which will end on October 22, 2008.

The article reports on the criticisms made by Kate Green, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, on government's proposals to force single parents to seek work in Great Britain. She criticised the welfare reform green paper made by the Department for Work and Pension, with plans to force parents with one or more dependents to look for employment. She believes that it would rushed parents into inappropriate jobs risk poverty pay and jobs, thus weakening family responsibilities.

This section offers news briefs concerning children. A school in Sweden has complained to the country's parliament over a violation of children's rights after an eight-year-old boy failed to invite two of his classmates to his birthday party. A British pupil who wrote vulgar phrase on his General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) English examination paper was given marks for accurate spelling and conveying a meaning successfully.

The article offers news briefs related to young adults in Great Britain. The National Youth Agency (NYA) has launched a blog to reflect the activities around Youth Work Week to be held on November 1-7, 2008. Furthermore, the NYA is running a series of regional events for policy makers as well as managers to examine the role that youth work has. The Young Adults Learning Partnership (YALP) is giving away free copies of a briefing paper on how to motivate young adults.

Information about several papers discussed at the seminar of the Eurochild in Great Britain is presented. The topics include the improvement of the wellbeing of the children, as well as the need for the holistic approach from the European Union (EU) framework. The experts from the European child policy has also called for a research programme and the child welfare practice in the European level.

The article offers new briefs related to children's centers and extended schools in Great Britain. Homelessness charity Shelter offers a free national advice line that is helpful for employees at children's centers in working with homeless families. The Department for Children, Schools and Families has published a guide that would help young people in school participation. A government briefing paper has featured the importance of parent involvement on their children's early learning.

The article reports on the study "Education Difficult Adolescents" carried out for the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in Great Britain. The study assessed how funding has lessened shortcomings in the care system since 1998. The researchers from three English universities reveal that the findings have suggested that the "Care Matters" green paper was too critical of education for look-after children and that government statistics were misleading.

The article elaborates on the report published by the National Youth Agency in Great Britain. The paper calls on policy and practice responses to online social networking to focus on capacity building rather than blocking. Studies reveal that youth work responses play a vital role in addressing wider concerns about the opportunities and risks of online social networking. Research found that internet filtering, a blocking first approach, hinders efforts to support young people.

The article outlines the significance of the white paper entitled "Back on Track" to the education sector in Great Britain. The scheme is advantageous to the sector because it paved the way for the improvement of the 70,000 pupils who end up out of school for behavioral or medical reasons. It states that the scheme proposes the creation of an appropriate curriculum, tailored to the needs of young people.

The article reports on asylum-seeking fund crisis in Great Britain. The government has agreed to work with 10 authorities for a long-term agreement negotiation that want the government to reimburse them for the costs from providing services. It also discusses the government's policy paper on asylum-seeking children titled, "Better Outcomes: The Way Forward." This outlines the creation of authorities that will get longer term funding from the government to support their work.

The article reports on the merger of the Youth Crime Action Plan and the resettlement green paper into a single document in Great Britain. According to the Department for Children, School and Families (DCSF) spokeswoman, the issues of resettlement and crime reduction worked better together rather than separately. Furthermore, "Children's Plan" states that the action plan would set out how the DCSF wanted mainstream services to work together to prevent youth crime.

The article reports on the redevelopment of the rough sleeping strategy of the British government. It updates approaches to reduce homelessness in the country. The report presents an overview of the services for rough sleepers that includes access to shelters, health, training and advice services. The justice system for the youth was redeveloped with the issuance of resettlement green paper from the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

This section offers news briefs related to early childhood education in Great Britain. A briefing paper, "Aiming Higher for Inclusive Play," was published by KIDS, the charity for disable children and young people and produced by the Kids Playwork Inclusion Project. Su Wall, Caroline Upton and Claire Wells have joined the training company Formation Training and Development as associates. Chris Beek, national director at the Great Britain Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), outlined the goals of their Inclusion Development Programme.

The article presents the paper for the 2008 Budget entitled "Stability and Opportunity: Building a Strong, Sustainable Future" prepared by the National Children's Bureau's (NCB's) Policy Unit in Great Britain. It summarises and outlines various measures that will affect children and young people in the budget. Its main announcements focus on the strategy of the government for halving child poverty by 2010 and eliminating it by 2020.

The article offers news briefs related to services offered by the National Youth Agency (NYA) in Great Britain in 2008. The NYA has offered a mini-activity pack to teenagers to raise awareness and understanding of some issues at the End Child Poverty campaign. The agency has worked with Carnegie UK to help disseminate the Empowering Young People report. The policy position statement paper of NYA is intended to address young people in gang violence.

The article reports on the research "Accessing Positive Activities: Innovative Solutions for Young People's Bus Travel," released by the National Youth Agency in Great Britain. The paper aims to help authorities remove barriers of bus travel, providing an outline of issues faced by young people in using buses. Among the barriers to using buses identified in the report are, cost, bus availability, reliability and the attitude of drivers and staff.

The article reports on a public awareness campaign that was launched by Commucan for GreenBottle in Great Britain from January to February 2011, promoting paper milk bottle.

The author reflects on the transparency agenda of the British government. He talks about how government special advisers are targeting and meeting with certain media. The author cites some reasons why the "Daily Mail" has been the prime target for these advisers, such as the paper's circulation. According to the author, transparency is healthy in a modern democracy and he asserts that the government is slowly becoming more open.

The article focuses on "The Sun," a daily publication in Great Britain. It mentions two major changes in the tabloid, the appointment of Dominic Mohan as editor, and its support of the Conservative movement and abandonment of Labour. To remain competitive, the paper is suggested to appeal to a younger market, and learn how to diversify its services online. It cautions against charging for online content, as readers can obtain such for free. It advises the publication to focus on exclusives and focus on its specialty in simplifying complex issues.

The article reports on the increase in the price of the Sunday tabloid "News of the World" while its circulation has dropped to below three million in 2009 in Great Britain. The tabloid has reportedly earned reputation for celebrity exposés. The paper also features topics on human interest, sport and political stories as well as stories about saving readers money. Information on the magazine supplement "Fabulous" is also provided.

The article focuses on "Liverpool Echo," one of the biggest paid-for regional newspapers in Great Britain. It notes that the readership of the newspaper has made it a target for public relations campaigns intending to reach a mass audience. It mentions that public relations officers (PROs) may take advantage of the professional rivalry between newspapers since every paper is on the look out for exclusives with a shock factor. Editor Alastair Machray stresses that PROs need to avoid a scattergun approach to sending out releases.

This section offers news briefs related to mass media in Great Britain including the appointment of Sean Adams, founder of The Seed, as head of commercial insight at News International, the announcement by "The Times" editor James Harding on increased commercial focus on the paper once the News Corp. empire has split into two companies, and the broadcasting of the sport channel BT Sport from the Olympic Park.

This section offers news briefs related to lobbying in Great Britain including the announcement by Minister Mark Harper that he would publish a draft bill and white paper for a statutory register of lobbying, hiring of senior healthcare communications and public affairs professionals by the vaccine industry group, and the appointment of Frank Klaas as executive director of Ford of Europe communications and public affairs.

The article reports on the plan by Great Britain-based free business paper, "CityAM," to increase its distribution by 30% to about 130,000 copies to boost its presence in Kent, Surrey and parts of south London in England.

The author comments on the challenges that the British government must confront as it releases its white paper aimed at public service reform.

An interview with Steve Hawkes, business editor of "The Sun," is presented. When asked what changes can be expected with a new editor, he cites new writers with previous contributions, such as Russell Brand, Shami Chakrabarti and Frankie Boyle. He mentions that the editorial style will not change, as the new editor worked closely with the previous one. Hawkes shares that the paper's new allegiance to the Conservative party will not change their style, as they are focused on the news, and that it will be business as usual.

This section offers news briefs on the British charitable institutions. A consultation paper was published by the Independent Expert Group on Expenses for charities on how to disclose trustees' and senior management's expenses. Komodo PR was chosen by Optimistworld to handle its consumer public relations. A Lost Dog Kit was launched by Battersea Dogs & Cats Home to combat the rise in stray dogs during the summer holidays.

In this article comments on the tendency to criticize pollsters tasked with discovering what people thought about their local authority in Great Britain. It is noted that such nonsense are promoted by papers including the "Daily Mail," which undermines the efforts of one of the hardest working sectors in British life. The author asserts that local public services need young people with initiative and new ideas.

The author comments on the public relations (PR) campaign of Marks & Spencer (M&S) in Great Britain for its bras. It is noted that the campaign focused on having the same price for all its bras. The author asserted that the company also joined the green bandwagon fast by charging for its carrier bags and discarding plastic.

The article describes the print campaign created by public relations (PR) agency Trimedia for the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) of Great Britain in February 2009. The approximately £15,000 campaign aimed to make the privacy and marketing small print on their online and paper forms much clearer. It notes that the campaign is in conjunction with the office's national three-month consultation with a new code of practice. Also noted is the target audience of the campaign, the involvement of the business media and other plans by ICO.

The article reports on the comments of Nick Clegg, a British member of parliament, about his colleagues in public. Clegg is reported to have listed the faults of his senior colleagues out loud on a crowded aircraft. The "Sunday Mirror" stated that Clegg and his aide, Danny Alexander, made the flight to Inverness plotting a reshuffle. However, Clegg described the paper's report as complete fiction.

The author comments on a deal between the British royal family and the British Armed Forces and "The Sun" in which the paper launched the Military Awards (the Millies) with full endorsement of Prince Charles. According to him, this deal will create mass televised publicity and drive the periodical's sales among the forces' supporters. But he claims that the media brokers working for the Armed Forces and the royal family probably believe the deal will bring a long-term favourable spotlight on "The Sun," resulting to higher public approval ratings.

The article announces the establishment of a College of Law in Manchester, England. RMS PR will publicize the Manchester law college and promote Manchester as the best place outside London to study law. The agency will be targeting law graduates and law firms through regional media including legal press and student papers. The college will open in 2009 and it will provide legal training for law students.

The author reflects on the National Science and Engineering Week campaign in Great Britain handled by mission21. She states that the "Daily Telegraph" science correspondent Roger Highfield's comment in 2007 that while on paper the week sounded like a success, it generated almost no Fleet Street interest. She mentions that this campaign made sure each element of the media was used. She adds that the most impressive of all was the increase in the number of participants in the week's activities.

The article reports on the loss of account by APCO with Lloydspharmacy after the latter selected Insight Public Affairs, following a three-way pitch in Great Britain in April 2008. Lloydspharmacy owns more than 1,600 drug stores across the region. Insight plans to capitalise on the April issue of the Pharmacy White Paper in April by offering traditional general practitioner (GP) roles in pharmacies.

The article reports on the launch of the policy paper of the British Conservatives on corporate social responsibility which was led by David Cameron. The proposals included action against issues such as childhood obesity, teenage pregnancy and climate change. Instead of imposing legislation, Cameron promised to work with business voluntarily.

The article offers information on the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 in Great Britain which will be enforced in April 2008. The Act provides that companies will face criminal prosecution and fines for the death of an employee through gross negligence. A Consultation Paper of the Sentencing Advisory Panel states that companies charged will publicize their guilt to customers, suppliers and shareholders. In the public relations industry, risk and reputation management plans will be necessary with public relations practitioners and lawyers working together.

A calendar of events related to automobile racing in Great Britain in 2014 is presented which include Aquae Sulis Tour, Maldon Motor Show, and Classics on the Green.

A calendar of events related to sports and classic cars in Great Britain from July to September 2015 is presented which include the Veteran Bazar on July 25, the Brookslands Retrojumble and Classic Car Show on July 26, and the Pebble Beach RetroAuto on August 13-15.

A calendar of events to be held in Great Britain in 2014 is presented which include Classics on the Green, Lavender Run, and Classics at the Castle.

The article reports on the guidelines that recommend the removal of teddy bears and soft toys from nurseries to prevent swine flu transmission between children issued by the British Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). According to the DCSF, communal soft toys in nurseries and early years settings are more difficult to clean. Another advice is prohibiting sharing of crayons and wind instruments, among others. Children are also suggested to clean their hands after carpet work.