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6 Jul 11
Mike Hathorn has won the annual Sir Harry Page Award for excellence in technical innovation in public finance for 2011.
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17 Jun 10
Public sector union bosses are rallying members to resist cuts to jobs and services - but experts are predicting that negotiations will prove more pragmatic behind closed doors.
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11 Jun 10
The coalition government could head into trouble in its second or third year, according to political commentator Andrew Rawnsley
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10 Jun 10
Unison members might be willing to accept some redundancies in return for less outsourcing and more say over public service reform, according to the union’s head of local government
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10 Jun 10
Sir Nicholas Montagu, a leading civil servant for more than 20 years, today set out his principles for handling ‘a more difficult financial situation than we have seen in any of our lifetimes’
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10 Jun 10
The UK government must fully inform the public about the economy and the need for cuts to win political consent for spending reductions and tax rises, a leading economist told the CIPFA conference...
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9 Jun 10
Frontline staff often blame finance professionals for stifling innovation because of their risk-averse attitudes, the CIPFA conference has been told
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9 Jun 10
Winning public consent for tough spending cuts will be helped by openness from all tiers of government, the CIPFA conference heard today
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9 Jun 10
The government faces a huge challenge in its consultation over spending cuts, a leading public opinion expert told the CIPFA conference today
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9 Jun 10
A deficit-slashing former Swedish prime minister has recommended that the UK government should start to cut spending and reform public services as soon as possible
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9 Jun 10
Chief finance officers and their teams must be at the heart of efforts to reshape public services in the wake of spending cuts, CIPFA's new president Jaki Meekings Davis told the conference today
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8 Jun 10
The coalition government will be plagued by tensions but is likely to ride out a five-year term, according to the former leader of the Liberal Democrats
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8 Jun 10
There is widespread scepticism about the effects of Total Place and other initiatives to integrate public services, according to a CIPFA survey of 435 chief financial officers
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8 Jun 10
A letter of intent signed at the conference yesterday heralded an era of greater co-operation and collaboration between CIPFA and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria
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3 Jun 10
Accounting for the public finances has changed dramatically over the past 125 years, and CIPFA with it. Tony Travers takes a trip back through time
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3 Jun 10
The new government has already announced £6bn worth of cuts and more are on the way. In the run-up to this month's emergency Budget, Public Finance held a round table to assess the risks ahead. David...
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3 Jun 10
CIPFA's new president brings experience of both health and local government to the role, as well as a strong public sector ethos. She explains her goals to PF editor Mike Thatcher
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27 May 10
Sweden's response to its 1990s fiscal crisis could provide the coalition government with an instruction kit on how to reassemble the UK economy. Alison Moore spoke to former premier Göran Persson...
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13 May 10
A while back, Ireland's economy was at risk of going the way of Greece. But drastic action to tackle the deficit – including public sector cutbacks – has begun to turn things around. Paul Gosling...