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CIPFA Conference 2011

CIPFA Conference 2011


The CIPFA Annual Conference took place on 5-7 July in Birmingham. Read:

  • reports on main conference sessions
  • reports on workshops
  • related news and articles

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Re-read our live blog from the conference

  • Tif: 'We have to make sure there aren't any sweetheart deals'CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: Chicago city treasurer Stephanie Neely outlines the financial challenges facing the US's third largest city. She also discusses the privatisation of public services; offers lessons from America about Tax Increment Financing powers (soon to be given to councils in the UK); and gives her thoughts on the debates over national debt currently taking place on Capitol Hill...
  • Freer: 'Finance directors seem pretty confident about delivering their budgets'CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: CIPFA chief executive Steve Freer discusses the way local authority finance directors are handling their budgets; the future of council audit, backing plans to turn the Audit Commission's in-house audit practice into a free-standing mutual; and the government's forthcoming reforms to local government finance...
  • Pickles: 'Audit Commission abolition will not reduce accountability one iota'CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles responds to the communities and local government select committee's report on his changes to local authority audit. He also speaks to Public Finance about the government's controversial plans to cap Housing Benefit and explains how he is 'putting more love about' to councils...
  • Hathorn wins public finance innovation prizeMike Hathorn has won the annual Sir Harry Page Award for excellence in technical innovation in public finance for 2011.
  • Hoggart sees the lighter side of politicsPolitical pundit Simon Hoggart kicked off CIPFA's annual conference last night with a humorous account of the state of UK politics, branding most politicians 'bonkers' and insisting that every party was in 'a considerable pickle'.
  • Live blog - CIPFA Conference 2011Read the live blog from the CIPFA Conference produced by the Public Finance editorial team
  • Live blog - CIPFA Conference 2011 (Day 1)Read the live blog from the CIPFA Conference produced by the Public Finance editorial team
  • Street-fighting statesmanLoved and loathed in equal measure, Eric Pickles has made his mark on councils. But he has no regrets, he tells PF in an exclusive interview, as his cuts and changes are in the interests of local communities
  • The trillion dollar questionThe American economy is hurting, and the pain is being pushed down to local government level. As debt rows rage on Capitol Hill, how are US cities and states trying to balance their budgets? PF surveys the nationwide fiscal scene and talks to Chicago's city treasurer
  • Standing on ceremonyAs chamberlain of the City of London, CIPFA's incoming president is accustomed to holding a position of power and prestige. Chris Bilsland talks to PF about 'the best financial position in the public services' and his plans for the year ahead
  • Aftershock therapyJapan's economy was in deep trouble well before the recent natural disasters struck. As it struggles to pick up the pieces, what lessons are there to be learnt from the country's 'lost decades'?
  • The tax man comethThe government has stolen some of the Institute for Fiscal Studies' thunder by setting up the Office for Budget Responsibility. But there is still a big role for the institute's forensic analysis of public spending, its new director Paul Johnson tells PF

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