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
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.
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...
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
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
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
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...
There's no getting away from it - public bodies are going to have to find more savings. But there are ways of making this less painful, particularly for those that start now. Mike Turley explains
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
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...
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
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
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
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
The Appeal Court’s ruling against a group of London boroughs’ insurance mutual has brought calls for the new communities secretary to clarify the wellbeing power
Local authority transport chiefs have called on ministers to come clean over suspected funding cuts, fearing grants for local schemes will be the main victim of shrinking budgets.
The public sector in Wales is embracing a more collaborative approach to service provision and facing the challenge of constrained spending, the finance minister has said.
The Scottish Government has underlined its commitment to providing accurate information to MSPs after a damning parliamentary report on senior civil servants.
