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14 Nov 19
The cost of social care for people with dementia will almost triple over the next twenty years as the result of a sharp increase in the number of people suffering from an acute form of the condition.
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14 Nov 19
A draft copy of a government review into HS2 warns that although its cost may exceed its current price of £88 billion, it should still be built.
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13 Nov 19
Head of the Government Finance Function Mike Driver tells PF of his vision to ‘put finance at the heart of decision-making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score’.
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12 Nov 19
Public confidence in the justice system risks being undermined by slippage in the government’s ambitious programme of court reforms, MPs have warned.
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25 Oct 19
Chancellor Sajid Javid wrote to the incoming chair of the treasury committee today to say the Budget planned for 6 November is now cancelled.
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22 Oct 19
The government has vowed to legislate to bring an end to the ‘postcode lottery’ of support for domestic abuse survivors.
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22 Oct 19
The proportion of the aid budget controlled by the Department for International Development’s could be revised at the next Spending Review, international development secretary Alok Sharma has...
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17 Oct 19
Pension tax relief will cost the government nearly £40bn in 2019-20 - up more than £2bn on last year, HMRC figures have shown.
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14 Oct 19
CIPFA has lined-up a stellar panel of speakers for its Central Government Summit at the end of November.
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10 Oct 19
A rise in Public Works Loan Board interest rates has sparked fears for local authority capital projects.
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3 Oct 19
The UK has made some serious inroads into reducing economic crime. A new public-private partnership is the next stage in the process, writes QC Michael Ellis.
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1 Oct 19
The Scottish Government has defended its decision to bail out private companies after it was criticised by auditors for having substantially reduced the value of £140m in loans and guarantees.
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16 Sep 19
The Insitute for Government suggested there are benefits to public sector outsourcing but this will not be enough to stop governments bringing services in house, says outsourcing commentator John...
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10 Sep 19
Home secretary Priti Patel has pledged to reset the government’s relationship with “overworked and undervalued” police officers, including a commitment to boost the number of frontline leaders.
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9 Sep 19
With policymaking becoming increasingly data driven, Neil Merrick looks at whether government statistics can always be trusted.
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6 Sep 19
The short-term nature of the funding announced in the Spending Round will not help the NHS plan to transform services, says the King’s Fund’s Sally Warren.
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5 Sep 19
Although education had some certainty for the next three years, other public services did not and some areas are still likely to feel the pinch of austerity over the next year, says CIPFA’s Don...
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2 Sep 19
The prime minister’s £3.5m package for councils, expected to be announced in this week’s Spending Round, would be a “very welcome contribution” if it is not money that has already been announced.
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28 Aug 19
Leaked proposals on education funding fall well short of the cash needed, a teachers’ union has said.
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21 Aug 19
The future of the high-speed HS2 rail project is to be determined by the findings of an independent review expected by the end of the year.
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21 Aug 19
Staff costs at the Cabinet Office have rocketed by 33.9% when comparing April 2018 to April 2019, PF analysis has found.
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17 Aug 19
Labour has unveiled a five-point plan to help local authorities “revive” struggling high streets.
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9 Aug 19
The one-year ‘Spending Review’ announced last night by chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid must make local government a “top priority”, according to bodies representing councils.
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9 Aug 19
An epidemic of stabbings rocking Britain’s cities can be tackled only by addressing key problems faced by young people such as lack of housing and unemployment.
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1 Aug 19
Less than half of central government IT leaders think their current data infrastructure is sufficient to meet their objectives, according to a survey.
14 Nov 19The cost of social care for people with dementia will almost triple over the next twenty years as the result of a sharp increase in the number of people suffering from an acute form of the condition.
14 Nov 19A draft copy of a government review into HS2 warns that although its cost may exceed its current price of £88 billion, it should still be built.
13 Nov 19Head of the Government Finance Function Mike Driver tells PF of his vision to ‘put finance at the heart of decision-making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score’.
12 Nov 19Public confidence in the justice system risks being undermined by slippage in the government’s ambitious programme of court reforms, MPs have warned.
25 Oct 19Chancellor Sajid Javid wrote to the incoming chair of the treasury committee today to say the Budget planned for 6 November is now cancelled.
22 Oct 19The government has vowed to legislate to bring an end to the ‘postcode lottery’ of support for domestic abuse survivors.
22 Oct 19The proportion of the aid budget controlled by the Department for International Development’s could be revised at the next Spending Review, international development secretary Alok Sharma has...
17 Oct 19Pension tax relief will cost the government nearly £40bn in 2019-20 - up more than £2bn on last year, HMRC figures have shown.
14 Oct 19CIPFA has lined-up a stellar panel of speakers for its Central Government Summit at the end of November.
10 Oct 19A rise in Public Works Loan Board interest rates has sparked fears for local authority capital projects.
3 Oct 19The UK has made some serious inroads into reducing economic crime. A new public-private partnership is the next stage in the process, writes QC Michael Ellis.
1 Oct 19The Scottish Government has defended its decision to bail out private companies after it was criticised by auditors for having substantially reduced the value of £140m in loans and guarantees.
16 Sep 19The Insitute for Government suggested there are benefits to public sector outsourcing but this will not be enough to stop governments bringing services in house, says outsourcing commentator John...
10 Sep 19Home secretary Priti Patel has pledged to reset the government’s relationship with “overworked and undervalued” police officers, including a commitment to boost the number of frontline leaders.
9 Sep 19With policymaking becoming increasingly data driven, Neil Merrick looks at whether government statistics can always be trusted.
6 Sep 19The short-term nature of the funding announced in the Spending Round will not help the NHS plan to transform services, says the King’s Fund’s Sally Warren.
5 Sep 19Although education had some certainty for the next three years, other public services did not and some areas are still likely to feel the pinch of austerity over the next year, says CIPFA’s Don...
2 Sep 19The prime minister’s £3.5m package for councils, expected to be announced in this week’s Spending Round, would be a “very welcome contribution” if it is not money that has already been announced.
28 Aug 19Leaked proposals on education funding fall well short of the cash needed, a teachers’ union has said.
21 Aug 19The future of the high-speed HS2 rail project is to be determined by the findings of an independent review expected by the end of the year.
17 Aug 19Labour has unveiled a five-point plan to help local authorities “revive” struggling high streets.
9 Aug 19The one-year ‘Spending Review’ announced last night by chancellor of the exchequer Sajid Javid must make local government a “top priority”, according to bodies representing councils.
9 Aug 19An epidemic of stabbings rocking Britain’s cities can be tackled only by addressing key problems faced by young people such as lack of housing and unemployment.
1 Aug 19Less than half of central government IT leaders think their current data infrastructure is sufficient to meet their objectives, according to a survey.
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