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What is the Transformational Government initiative, enabled by information and communications technology (ICT)? We describe its development, origins and prospects in seeking to join up public services to give simple, seamless, one-off access channels for citizens. We look at its governance and working structures, examining how ICT has been used to move towards common infrastructures and approaches in public services, bringing new potential for holistic service delivery. Finally, we show how transformational government has moved on from e-government, noting some risks that may affect its implementation. We note some particular issues affecting local government throughout the article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews several websites including the Social Policy Digest, located at www.journals.cambridge.org/spd/action/home, from the UK Social Policy Association, the Society Central, located at www.societycentral.ac.uk/2012/12/03/measuringpoverty-families, from the organization Society Central, and the Poverty Digest, located at www.poverty.co.uk, from Great Britain's Economic and Social Research Council.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor mentions an article on Great Britain's labour market policy by Daniel Clegg, social inequality by Steve McKay, and the discussion on the impact of benefits system and tax on second earners by Susan Harkness and Martin Evans.