ROOF Blog

A ground-breaking website that exposes the quality of public services – from children’s welfare to council recycling, and crime fighting to teaching – goes live today.

Oneplace, an ambitious collaboration involving six independent inspectorates, is intended to provide a consumer guide to the performance of local authorities, police forces, schools, NHS primary care trusts, prisons and probation services.

The website draws together assessments by the Audit Commission, Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, and the inspectorates of constabulary, probation and prisons.

Reports on the overall performance of councils in England, and ratings for children’s services, are also revealed, highlighting the best and worst.

As many as 95,200 homeowners over the last two years decided they could no longer remain in their properties because of fights with neighbours, according to a survey.

However, the most common reasons for moving home saw one in three households move to climb up the property ladder and one in five moving because they needed more room, based on a total of 680,000 home owners moving since 2007.

Other popular reasons for moving home included relocating to a new job and moving into a better school catchment area.

Homeowners who are selling their properties are required by law to declare any arguments they have had with their neighbours.