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Features - March 2011

  • Public sector pensions: sow as you shall reap?Or perhaps not. With the pensions landscape in a state of flux, and the Hutton commission likely to recommend major changes, many public sector pension rewards might soon be blown away 01 March 2011
  • How to motivate staff in hard timesAs staff feel the impact of redundancies and a pay freeze, employers need to carve out a bit extra to make them feel valued. Duncan Brown shows how 01 March 2011
  • Video interview with James HulmeThe head of the Local Government Futures Unit at Linstock Communications talks to Public Finance about council budget cuts; communities secretary Eric Pickles; the forthcoming local government finance review and proposals for 'free councils'; and public service mutuals 09 March 2011
  • New world disorderIn a globalised world, the only certainty is uncertainty. Economic dogma is being swept aside, as nation states follow their own disparate routes to recovery and growth. So why is the UK government sticking to the old script? David Walker reports 01 March 2011
  • Cutting the billAs the thin blue line is set to get thinner, Lancashire police are feeling the force of spending reductions. Resources director David Brindle tells PF how he is managing to find the savings and keep the constabulary upbeat 01 March 2011
  • Pollster Ben Page: 'People don't blame local government for the cuts'VIDEO INTERVIEW: The chief executive of Ipsos Mori talks to Public Finance about public opinion on spending cuts, the March 2011 Budget, Chancellor George Osborne and his opposite number Ed Balls. He also looks ahead to the May local elections and gives localism a reality check. 31 March 2011
  • Video interview with former US comptroller general David WalkerAfter addressing the CIPFA international conference in London, the former US comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative talks to Public Finance about: fiscal responsibility; the March Budget; protected spending areas; 'leadership and laggardship'; and public finance transparency. 16 March 2011
  • Manchester SAM Storm WarningCouncil finance departments are facing a 'perfect storm' of unprecedented cuts in income, rising demand for services and soaring redundancies. To help analyse the long-range forecast and prepare for the tempest to come, Public Finance and Civica invited FDs and other finance experts to a round table debate in Manchester 01 March 2011