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7 Oct 14
Care minister Norman Lamb has set a target for all spending on health and social care to be pooled into one budget by 2018.
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1 Oct 14
Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to balance the public finances by 2018 and said a Conservative government would not increase taxes to tackle the £25bn funding gap that still needs to be...
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29 Sep 14
William Hague has said the Conservatives are ‘wholeheartedly committed’ to increasing the autonomy of Scotland and Wales, but indicated this must be matched with reforms to ensure that only English...
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27 Aug 14
Government policies have put a rocket under over-inflated house prices while social housing’s share of the total stock has steadily fallen. So how do you rebalance the market?
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4 Jul 14
Nearly two-thirds of people say that they have seen no real change in council services despite reductions in local authority funding as part of the coalition government’s deficit reduction plan, a...
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3 Jul 14
Public servants must look beyond national borders and election cycles to meet the challenges of globalisation, the CIPFA conference heard from EY’s Uschi Schreiber.
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3 Jul 14
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has called for an examination into the future of public audit following the abolition of the Audit Commission.
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3 Jul 14
Spending cuts being imposed on councils mean that the statutory duties placed on town halls will need to be revisited, delegates at the CIPFA conference have heard.
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3 Jul 14
There is little appetite among voters to pay higher taxes to support public services, and other options will be needed to pay for local government and the NHS in future, the CIPFA conference has...
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2 Jul 14
CIPFA and the International Federation of Accountants have launched a good governance framework for the public sector.
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2 Jul 14
The Public Finance are bringing you real-time updates from the last day of the conference via our live blog on July 3rd. You can also interact with your questions, comments and tweets. Use the...
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2 Jul 14
Work on the social return on investment has secured this year’s CIPFA Sir Harry Page Merit Award.
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2 Jul 14
A £16m fund to help councils tackle fraud has been launched by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles at today’s CIPFA annual conference.
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2 Jul 14
CIPFA’s annual Tom Sowerby award for outstanding service to student education has been won by Paul Simpson, director of finance and procurement at Nottinghamshire County Council.
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2 Jul 14
Local government staff need to engage in more ‘measured risk taking’, London Borough of Lewisham chief executive Barry Quirk has told today's CIPFA conference.
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2 Jul 14
The austerity that followed the recession only hastened a crisis in public finances that would have happened anyway, polling expert Peter Kellner told the CIPFA conference.
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2 Jul 14
The economic recovery has been led by household consumption but a ‘frothy’ housing market and poor trade and productivity statistics raise questions over long-term sustainability, CIPFA’s annual...
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2 Jul 14
CIPFA president Mike Owen has urged political parties to avoid tempting voters with short-term policies at next May’s general election, but instead plan and budget for the medium to long term.
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27 Jun 14
Councils in England face a £5.8bn funding gap over the next two years, and spending on adult social will tip councils into financial crisis if reforms are not successful, the Local Government...
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27 Jun 14
Should public sector finance managers be more open with the public about the effects of cuts in services? Participants at a recent CIPFA roundtable debate on health and social care funding certainly...
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26 Jun 14
CIPFA will be hosting an event at its Mansell Street offices on 3 November to mark 40 years since the publication of the Layfield report into local government finance, including contributions from...
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26 Jun 14
CIPFA’s new president is said to be ‘fearless, but never reckless’, despite his enthusiasm for sports cars and speedboats. Mike Owen tells PF about his goals for the year ahead and...
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23 Jun 14
Big-data analytics has been making a major impact on cities as far apart as New York and Baghdad, saving lives and money in the process. Now the latest stage in the information revolution looks set...
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28 May 14
The Public Finance team are bringing you real-time updates from the conference floor via our live blog. You can also interact with your questions, comments and tweets. Use the hashtag #CIPFA2014
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23 May 14
Headline figures should be treated with care as a measure of living standards. What they leave out can matter just as much
7 Oct 14Care minister Norman Lamb has set a target for all spending on health and social care to be pooled into one budget by 2018.
1 Oct 14Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to balance the public finances by 2018 and said a Conservative government would not increase taxes to tackle the £25bn funding gap that still needs to be...
27 Aug 14Government policies have put a rocket under over-inflated house prices while social housing’s share of the total stock has steadily fallen. So how do you rebalance the market?
3 Jul 14The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has called for an examination into the future of public audit following the abolition of the Audit Commission.
2 Jul 14A £16m fund to help councils tackle fraud has been launched by Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles at today’s CIPFA annual conference.
2 Jul 14The economic recovery has been led by household consumption but a ‘frothy’ housing market and poor trade and productivity statistics raise questions over long-term sustainability, CIPFA’s annual...
2 Jul 14CIPFA president Mike Owen has urged political parties to avoid tempting voters with short-term policies at next May’s general election, but instead plan and budget for the medium to long term.
27 Jun 14Councils in England face a £5.8bn funding gap over the next two years, and spending on adult social will tip councils into financial crisis if reforms are not successful, the Local Government...
27 Jun 14Should public sector finance managers be more open with the public about the effects of cuts in services? Participants at a recent CIPFA roundtable debate on health and social care funding certainly...
26 Jun 14CIPFA’s new president is said to be ‘fearless, but never reckless’, despite his enthusiasm for sports cars and speedboats. Mike Owen tells PF about his goals for the year ahead and...
23 Jun 14Big-data analytics has been making a major impact on cities as far apart as New York and Baghdad, saving lives and money in the process. Now the latest stage in the information revolution looks set...
23 May 14Headline figures should be treated with care as a measure of living standards. What they leave out can matter just as much
