England's top local priorities for councils are revealed/ Public Technology, 1 July 2008

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The results of a comprehensive shake up of council targets and priorities were published yesterday by the Government. The priorities - agreed in partnership with central government - show the pattern of issues across England that councils will now have to grapple with over the next three years.

Councils will now need to devote considerable energy - as many of them already do - to ensuring their communities feel safer, that tackling serious violence and anti-social behaviour is a major priority, and that tackling unemployment and teenage pregnancy is comprehensively addressed.