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19 Sep 19
The UK spends more than other countries on education, although there are still a few sticking points, such as university student costs, explains HEPI’s Nick Hillman.
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16 Sep 19
Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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13 Sep 19
The UK government must do more to ensure departments better understand how to spend aid more efficiently, a watchdog has found.
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16 Aug 19
US bond yields have fallen below 2% for the first time in history, producing an “inverted yield curve”, which can often signal a recession.
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30 Jul 19
Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
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18 Jun 19
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit poses the main risk to Ireland’s economy, which is “uniquely vulnerable” to events in the United Kingdom, the IMF has warned.
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31 May 19
A cross-party group of UK MPs has called on the chancellor to seek an agreement for a ‘registry of loans’ to governments at this month’s G20 meeting.
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25 Apr 19
A report commissioned by the Overseas Development Institute has called for the Department for International Development to better manage and prioritise its work.
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12 Feb 19
Calls for a multi-billion-pound cut in the UK’s foreign aid budget and the abolition of the Department for International Development are a “recipe for disaster”, NGOs have warned.
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24 Aug 18
The UK will compensate British NGOs for any loss of EU aid funding in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, the government has said in a letter to the charities.
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30 May 18
Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
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27 Mar 18
The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
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3 Nov 15
CIPFA has appointed a new head of its governments faculty to lead the institute’s work on global financial management.
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20 Feb 15
The Department for International Development should ask other UK government departments to provide details of their aid expenditure in order to enhance transparency, according to the aid spending...
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11 Feb 15
The Department for International Development’s response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was ‘too slow’ and ‘failed to respond with urgency’ to the emerging crisis, according to a critical report...
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29 Jan 15
British MPs have raised questions about the integrity of investments made by the Private Infrastructure Development Group, an agency that receives a large amount of funding from the UK Department for...
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16 Jan 15
The UK aid spending target has presented the Department for International Development with challenges in managing its budget and spending, auditors have said
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18 Dec 14
The UK has been urged to do more to ensure that government policies in areas such as defence and migration are supporting its broader international development goals.
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19 Nov 14
Strong measures are needed to protect the NHS from the planned transatlantic free trade deal being negotiated by the European Union and the United States, the NHS Confederation has said.
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30 Oct 14
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30 Oct 14
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31 Jul 14
MPs have urged the government to restate its commitment to spending at least 2% of gross domestic product on defence, saying that recent violence in the east of Ukraine and the Russian annexation of...
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28 Apr 14
The government should introduce a new system of citizen registration to allow for better local planning of public services in areas with high levels of immigration, a think-tank has said today.
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25 Feb 14
A majority of finance professionals working in non-profit organisations would like to see an international standard for financial reporting in the sector introduced, according to research from the...
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22 Nov 13
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
19 Sep 19The UK spends more than other countries on education, although there are still a few sticking points, such as university student costs, explains HEPI’s Nick Hillman.
16 Sep 19Rising global hunger, aid shortfalls and baby foods full of sugar - all in the Numbers Game from the September 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
13 Sep 19The UK government must do more to ensure departments better understand how to spend aid more efficiently, a watchdog has found.
16 Aug 19US bond yields have fallen below 2% for the first time in history, producing an “inverted yield curve”, which can often signal a recession.
30 Jul 19Bahrain will be a testbed for new guidelines on the procurement of artificial intelligence in the public sector in partnership with the UK.
18 Jun 19A ‘no-deal’ Brexit poses the main risk to Ireland’s economy, which is “uniquely vulnerable” to events in the United Kingdom, the IMF has warned.
31 May 19A cross-party group of UK MPs has called on the chancellor to seek an agreement for a ‘registry of loans’ to governments at this month’s G20 meeting.
25 Apr 19A report commissioned by the Overseas Development Institute has called for the Department for International Development to better manage and prioritise its work.
30 May 18Governments must invest more in public services and citizens in order to boost sustainable and inclusive growth and tackle the problem of ‘left-behind’ groups, according to the OECD.
27 Mar 18The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
3 Nov 15CIPFA has appointed a new head of its governments faculty to lead the institute’s work on global financial management.
20 Feb 15The Department for International Development should ask other UK government departments to provide details of their aid expenditure in order to enhance transparency, according to the aid spending...
22 Nov 13A round-up of recent public finance stories from the US & Canada you might have missed.
