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  • UK to end £19m direct aid to South AfricaThe payment of direct aid to South Africa is set to end in 2015, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today. She said the two nations would embark on a new relationship based on sharing skills and knowledge. 30 April 2013
  • Tax evaders targeted in European data-sharing pilotThe UK government is to automatically share tax information with France, Germany, Italy and Spain in a multinational effort to identify and deter tax avoiders. 09 April 2013
  • Department for International Development work Can aid watchdog stem the sceptics?The Independent Commission for Aid Impact has been winning plaudits for its work scrutinising the UK's spending on overseas development. It could lead to a more positive evaluation of the aid budget 01 October 2012
  • Moody's downgrades Italy on back of worsening eurozone crisisMoody's has downgraded Italy's credit status and warned that that the rating could be cut again within months unless it continues to implement structural reforms and fiscal consolidation. 13 July 2012

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  • DeprivedUKALAMY The state of things to comeThe June Spending Review is going to slice Whitehall's funding cake so thinly that departments will be left fighting over the crumbs. So how are public services meant to cope, asks Tony Travers 01 May 2013
  • Fayez Choudhury Fayez Choudhury: setting the standardThe new chief executive takes charge of the International Federation of Accountants at a critical time for public sector finance. He talks to Public Finance about the state of government accounting and why the 'day has come' for global standards 01 March 2013
  • Talinn, Photo: Shutterstock Financial crisis: Austerity alternativesEuropean governments are piling on the fiscal pain in unsuccessful attempts to claw their way out of financial crisis. Could they learn from the quick-fix austerity approaches of the Baltic states and Canada? 01 February 2013

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