Target shake up delivers stronger focus on issues that matter to the public / DCLG, 30 June 2008
http://www.localpriorities.communities.gov.uk/
"The results of a comprehensive shake up of council targets and priorities are published today. 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. The results of a new YouGov poll reveal that people want areas to prioritise the issue of community safety - 82 per cent of the population selected this as among the most important jobs for councils."
Results of the You Gov poll can be found at: PDF - www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/865896.pdf