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.
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
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’
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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...
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...
