FEATURES - Is that your final answer? - Harrow council has managed to engage its residents in the nitty gritty offinaiicial decisions, courtesy of a Who wants to be a millionaire?-format open budget day

Finding the hidden Treasury - The 'citadel of British government' feels it is much misunderstood. To some it is mean, to others weak. The Treasury has transformed itself over the past few years but it can't shake off its old-fashioned image. Now it's hoping an external makeover - To match its internal revamp - Will do the trick

McHale, Maria, (2001)

Kindergarten cop - Maggie Smith has come full circle. The new Ofsted head of early years - Responsible for inspection and regulation - Started out as a single mother struggling for childcare then spent 20 years involved in workplace provision

McHale, Maria, (2001)

The great American job hunt - Welfare to work is not the sole preserve of the public sector. Britain has borrowed an idea from the US where private companies get the long-term unemployed off benefits and into long-term work, while still making a profit

McHale, Maria, (2001)