The Conservatives will not set out their public spending plans because they ‘haven’t seen the books’, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond told Public Finance at the CIPFA conference...
The government’s Parliamentary Standards Bill, which is being rushed through Parliament before the summer recess on July 21, is not the way to clean up public life, leading standards experts say.
A former refugee who worked his way up from Kodak’s factory floor, the deputy chair of the Audit Commission tells Vivienne Russell how his broad perspective informs his role
Changes to Whitehall departments should be about better government but are often more to do with prime ministerial patronage. The latest casualty is Dius
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
