Vivienne Russell

Vivienne Russell is a freelance journalist and a former editor of Public Finance Magazine.

Recent articles

The rising role of FDs in Whitehall

Government finance professionals have gone from advising on protecting money to being policy... Read more
IMF opens managing director nominations as UK backs Lagarde

The International Monetary Fund has opened the nomination process for its next managing director.
MPs launch ‘intergenerational fairness’ inquiry

A committee of MPs have launched an inquiry into ‘intergenerational fairness’ in order to consider... Read more
Scottish Parliament elections set for one-year delay to avoid Westminster clash

The next Scottish Parliament will sit for five years rather than four for the second successive... Read more
Civil service pay shakeup planned to boost project management

The Cabinet Office is developing plans for a separate senior payscale for commercial project... Read more
Home Office takes over fire and rescue policy from DCLG

Responsibility for fire and rescue services has been shifted from the Department for Communities... Read more
Ex ministers call for independent health and care commission

Two former health secretaries and the former Liberal Democrat care minister Norman Lamb have issued... Read more
HMRC’s Homer leads public sector New Year honours

Lin Homer, the chief executive and permanent secretary at HM Revenue... Read more
Treasury pledges to match flood donation cash

Whitehall will match donations to local flood appeals in the North of England up to the value of £...
Social care uncertainty “remains a threat to NHS finance”

Ongoing uncertainty over social care funding has the potential to derail efforts to get the NHS’s... Read more

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