What does the future hold for public sector finance teams in a globalised environment? More shared services, pared down back-office operations and beefed up finance functions are all possibilities,...
Some politicians are pushing for primary care trusts to be more democratically accountable but NHS managers argue that the current reforms should be given more time before making changes. Richard...
Ministers have promised a review of the vexed question of top-up treatments. But with those seeking the right to buy extra care at loggerheads with those worried about inequity, what should the NHS...
Ahead of his address to the CIPFA conference, John Prescott talks to Vivienne Russell about the most pressing issues that Labour faces, and what he considers to be his legacy to local government from...
Two new reports have attacked the government's record on children's rights. The four children's commissioners in the UK and the Children's Rights Alliance of England have submitted reports to the UN...
Carers have welcomed a ten-year government programme to support those looking after elderly or disabled relatives, but warned that it did not do enough to help the many carers living on benefits.
The market-based approach to public services has failed to deliver better value or real accountability and should be replaced with a 'public value' model, according to a report for the Trades Union...
The government has pumped £1bn into introducing market-style reforms in the NHS, but they have not yet brought significant benefits to patients, two watchdogs have found.
Figures showing that Scotland spends over 20% more per head on health and social care than England have highlighted the post-devolution variations in public services and concerns over the Barnett...
A cross-government policy for managing the impacts of migration has been criticised for failing to do enough to support local services and for 'stoking up community tensions'.
The constant changes in the public sector, combined with the government's sudden brake on funding, continue to challenge finance directors. So what does the future hold for the role? Public Finance...
CIPFA's president elect talks to Mike Thatcher about her priorities, and the skills she has acquired as the National Audit Office's assistant auditor general
The effects of last summer's floods are still being felt by the hardest-hit regions. Councils planning to minimise the future costs of such events must revisit and update their risk assessments, says...
The British Medical Association has demanded the government 'dump polyclinics', stop investing in private care and hand control of the NHS back to clinicians.
Do the government's abysmal poll ratings spell New Labour's decline and fall? Tony Travers says the PM's only way back is to trust the people and devolve power particularly in the public services
Spiralling oil prices may not be doing much for the economy but they're giving a political boost to Alex Salmond. The first minister is cleverly using the crisis to divert attention from his little...
Polyclinics are trumpeted as the best way to revolutionise patient care in the UK but bringing together the various services will work only if they are properly integrated, warn Candace Imison and...
Finance Secretary John Swinney has ordered Aberdeen City Council to take immediate action to implement an improvement plan following a damning report on its performance.
