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Features - June 2010

  • A woman of substanceCIPFA's new president brings experience of both health and local government to the role, as well as a strong public sector ethos. She explains her goals to PF editor Mike Thatcher 03 June 2010
  • Pain with a purposeThe June 22 Budget will herald major spending cuts to tackle the country's debt crisis. But there is also a wider strategic goal, argues Colin Talbot - and it's called rolling back the 'Big State' 17 June 2010
  • Leader of the PACThe new chair of the Public Accounts Committee has been dogged by controversy throughout her career. But Margaret Hodge tells Lucy Phillips that this role gives her the freedom she craves 24 June 2010
  • Look back in aweAccounting for the public finances has changed dramatically over the past 125 years, and CIPFA with it. Tony Travers takes a trip back through time 03 June 2010
  • Back to schoolsThe new education secretary has hit the playground running, with legislation on free schools and fast-track academies. But what does this mean for school rebuilds, special educational needs and the role of local authorities? Conor Ryan talked to Michael Gove 10 June 2010
  • What the doctor ordered?The coalition has promised to protect NHS spending and strengthen primary care. But a £20bn funding gap and contradictory pressures are already bearing down on the new team at the Department of Health. Noel Plumridge reports 17 June 2010
  • New world disorderThink we've got problems? This weekend's G20 summit in Toronto will put Britain's austerity Budget in context. Dan Corry reports on the global economic tensions that threaten to undermine the recovery 24 June 2010
  • False economies?The new government has already announced £6bn worth of cuts and more are on the way. In the run-up to this month's emergency Budget, Public Finance held a round table to assess the risks ahead. David Williams reports 03 June 2010
  • Position of trustFormer Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred said he had 'one more big job left in him' – and he got it. The new chair of rapidly expanding NHS regulator Monitor talks to Lucy Phillips about working in the fast lane 10 June 2010