Sustainability indicators UK news

2011
New consultation into National Well-being measures, 31 October ons.gov.uk, 31 October 2011 The consultation will close on 23 January 2012. 
2010
Happiness index to gauge Britain's national mood, 14 November guardian.co.uk, 14 November 2010 
*data.gov.uk launched, "so that government information is accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people", January 20 guardian.co.uk, January 20, 2010 
2009
*Oneplace website launched. The site is intended to "enable citizens to check for themselves how well councils and their partners are delivering the services that matter most to them." 9 December Communities and Local Government, 9 December 2009 
*Local government to be encouraged to release local public data and establish an open-platform Local Data Exchange. 7 December Communities and Local Government, 7 December 2009 
*Sir Tim Berners-Lee who led the creation of the World Wide Web, asked to help government drive the opening up of access to UK Government data in the web over the coming month, June 10 Number10.gov.uk, June 10, 2009 topic
*Government outline next steps in their Power of Information programme. Minister announces plans for an overhaul of Crown Copyright rules that will make it easier for citizens to re-use Government information. May 7 Cabinet Office, May 7, 2009 “They say information is power, but only distributed information is truly empowering. That's why the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) [External website] has looked again at the restrictions of Crown Copyright, and now a licence will automatically be granted to anyone wanting to use the information rather than having to apply beforehand." Tom Watson MP topic
*UK 13th in new National Accounts of Well-being for Europe, January 24 nef, January 24 
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