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CIPFA Conference 2009

Read articles on and by conference speakers, as well as reports from the event, which was held in Manchester on June 23–25.

  • Boomtown blues
    TONY TRAVERS | Looking across the remaining cranes on the sunny Manchester skyline, CIPFA members at their conference could be forgiven for believing the city is still booming despite the recession. In fact, the construction that continues today is a baleful indicator of a boom that once was. In reality, the private capital that created the ‘new Manchester’ has dried up. 24 June 2009
  • ‘We need to see government books’
    The Conservatives will not set out their public spending plans because they ‘haven’t seen the books’, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond told Public Finance at the CIPFA conference in Manchester. 02 July 2009
  • Decentralisation is to dominate the next general election
    Policy experts from across the political spectrum have predicted that decentralisation will be a major theme in the next general election. 02 July 2009
  • BBC to publish the salaries and expenses of senior staff
    BBC director general Mark Thompson used his CIPFA conference address to announce a series of measures intended to make the broadcaster one of the most transparent organisations in the public sector. 02 July 2009
  • Finance directors told to sign up to best practice
    Public sector chief finance officers will be expected to sign up to a new ‘comply or explain’ best practice statement from CIPFA, the head of the government finance profession told delegates. 02 July 2009
  • Campbell speaks on crisis leadership
    Former government communication chief Alastair Campbell shared his insights on leadership in difficult times with the CIPFA conference 29 June 2009
  • ‘Big crunch’ on the cards as 2011 public sector cuts loom
    Local government expert Tony Travers has predicted a severe squeeze for housing and regeneration in the wake of post-2011 cutbacks to public sector capital investment 26 June 2009
  • Warning over ‘banana republic’ debt
    The UK government will be running a level of deficit normally associated with a ‘banana republic’ for the next year or so, a leading economist has warned 26 June 2009
  • No more Whitehall cheques, says Denham
    Councils can no longer turn to Whitehall and expect it to fill funding gaps, Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham told the CIPFA conference 26 June 2009
  • Coping strategies
    Can the promised new deal for social care services weather the economic storm, ask Jenny Owen and Bill Hodson 26 June 2009
  • Scottish parties at odds over finances
    The row over Scotland’s ability to stand on its own financially has been reignited by the news that it would show a small surplus if it received its share of North Sea oil. 26 June 2009
  • PASC wants beefed-up NAO to call government to account
    The existing system for holding government departments to account needs to be reformed, according to a report by an influential group of MPs. 26 June 2009
  • MPs embrace new expenses scrutiny
    Influential MPs have welcomed proposals for an independent regulator to oversee the payment of MPs’ expenses. 26 June 2009
  • Plea to remove fear of capping from councils
    Local authorities should be free to set their levels of council tax without fear of capping from central government, CIPFA has said 26 June 2009
  • Panel urges politicians to be more hands off
    Experts have questioned the role of ministers in departmental management, urging politicians to adopt a hands-off approach and base more of their decisions on evidence 26 June 2009
  • Council final salary pensions under threat, says mandarin
    The government is ‘thinking about’ replacing council workers’ final salary pension scheme with one based on career average earnings, a senior civil servant has revealed 26 June 2009
  • Innovation is vital to achieve public sector savings, says Hammond
    The public sector must develop a culture of innovation to cut costs while improving services as spending is squeezed, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury has said In yesterday’s guest lecture, delivered the day after the Conservative MP was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, Parris said Bercow was ‘on probation’ and would face some significant challenges in his first months 25 June 2009
  • BBC to publish salary details of senior managers
    BBC director general Mark Thompson has announced a series of measures aimed at making the broadcaster one of the most transparent organisations in the public sector 25 June 2009
  • Recession echoing Great Depression, warns Buiter
    The global recession is following "with almost mathematical precision" the pattern of the Great Depression, a leading economist has warned 25 June 2009
  • Shared services 'key to independence'
    The finance head of a pioneering district council has said sharing services could safeguard second-tier authorities from being absorbed into unitary authorities. 25 June 2009
  • Public sector vital for restoring trust, says Latham
    Public and professional bodies can play a major role in restoring trust, incoming president Roger Latham told the CIPFA conference yesterday 25 June 2009
  • CIPFA launches response to Iceland crisis
    A new qualification in international treasury management will be announced today in response to the crisis over public sector investments in Icelandic banks. 25 June 2009
  • Pundits predict 'hard choices' for the public
    Policy experts have predicted that the public will soon have to wake up to 'hard choices'in response to 'once in a generation' economic conditions. 25 June 2009
  • Parris doubts new Speaker’s future
    New Speaker John Bercow ‘could go seriously off the rails’, veteran political commentator Matthew Parris told the CIPFA conference. In yesterday’s guest lecture, delivered the day after the Conservative MP was elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, Parris said Bercow was ‘on probation’ and would face some significant challenges in his first months 24 June 2009
  • Finance directors expect greater push on efficiency
    The vast majority of public sector finance directors expect an acceleration of Gershon-style efficiency demands over the next few years, according to a CIPFA survey 24 June 2009
  • Africa facing shortage of public finance professionals
    There is a ‘critical shortage’ of professional public financial management staff across Africa, according to a finance expert from the World Bank 24 June 2009
  • Telling it like it is
    Jeered and cheered in equal measure, Alastair Campbell gained notoriety as Tony Blair’s Rottweiler of a spin doctor. And he’s as forthright as ever, as Tash Shifrin discovers 19 June 2009
  • The ideas man cometh
    The new CIPFA president talks to Public Finance editor Mike Thatcher about tackling the recession and climate change - and why Eastern thinking could bring enlightenment to our own public sector 19 June 2009
  • It's a vision thing
    The CIPFA Manifesto, to be launched next week, sets out the institute's ideas for restoring confidence in government. Steve Freer gives a flavour of its content 19 June 2009
  • Mother of all problems
    Gordon Brown's government is making a last-ditch attempt to regain the policy and political high ground. But the options for public services are limited, whoever is in power, says Tony Travers 19 June 2009
  • The man from Auntie
    The BBC is under fire from all sides, over everything from the licence fee to its staff salaries. And it is about to move home. Director general Mark Thompson talks exclusively to David Williams about how he plans to weather the storm 19 June 2009
  • Aid memoire
    With public finances in disarray, funding for third world projects might be vulnerable. But, Caroline Rickatson argues, it remains in the UK's interest to continue offering aid 12 June 2009

 

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