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13 May 19
As austerity measures, commercialisation and rapid change force local government into difficult decisions, a strong code of conduct becomes ever more important, CIPFA’s Kim Woods writes.
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5 Nov 18
Tributes have been paid to former Cabinet secretary and civil service head Jeremy Heywood who died yesterday at the age of 56.
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17 Oct 18
CIPFA has replenished its health and social care team with two key appointments to help lead its work on integration.
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9 Aug 18
CIPFA has set out a number of key principles to define the role of section 151 officers in local enterprise partnerships.
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7 Dec 16
A survey of public sector finance chiefs has found that harnessing the potential of technology to improve performance will be a top strategic priority over the next five years.
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8 Sep 16
CIPFA has today opened a training centre dedicated to supporting public finance professionals in Wales.
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17 Apr 15
CIPFA has held its annual prize giving ceremony at its London headquarters, recognising excellent performance in its professional qualification exams.
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3 Mar 15
Richard Douglas, director general of finance at the Department of Health, is to retire at the end of May, he announced today.
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18 Feb 15
The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
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3 Feb 15
New civil service chief executive John Manzoni has set out plans to strengthen the central functions in Whitehall, including the finance profession, as part of a far-reaching reform plan.
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19 Jan 15
Throughout 2015, Public Finance will be highlighting the pioneering work done by the profession’s Top 50 Trailblazers
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7 Jan 15
The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts for not providing enough information on the impact of the coalition’s deficit reduction plans on public...
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11 Dec 14
Auditor general Amyas Morse has given a clear audit opinion to the financial statement of the Courts and Tribunals Service for the first time due to significant improvements in its reporting on fines...
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10 Dec 14
Public sector job prospects have improved in the last three months, with employers now forecasting no net losses of staff, according to the Manpower Group’s Employment Outlook Survey.
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4 Dec 14
Scotland's auditor general Caroline Gardner has been appointed one of three new non-executive directors of Public Sector Audit Appointments, the body that will oversee local audit contracts from next...
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1 Dec 14
Councils in Hertfordshire are drawing up plans to create a single integrated ‘civil service’ across all the county’s local government bodies to make savings, Public Finance has been told.
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11 Nov 14
CIPFA has announced it is to partner with Calibrand to deliver online examinations and assessments for its revised professional qualification.
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10 Nov 14
Valerie Pierce suggests ways to take the weight off your shoulders when the competing demands of the job pile up and conflicting priorities threaten your sense of perspective – and the morale of
your...
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6 Nov 14
Action is needed to strengthen public financial management in the UK to ensure the country is prepared for economic shocks and help restore trust in government, CIPFA has said today.
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4 Nov 14
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is to send three commissioners into Tower Hamlets to oversee the work of the authority after an inspection by PricewaterhouseCoopers found it had failed to...
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30 Oct 14
Public Accounts Committee chair Margaret Hodge has called for a tougher tax regime that closes loopholes exploited by companies and prosecutes avoidance schemes.
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29 Oct 14
Central government and local authorities do not tackle underperformance in academies and maintained schools consistently, according to the National Audit Office.
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29 Oct 14
Reforms to the ‘broken’ local government funding system are needed to underpin greater localism in decision-making, an independent commission into town hall finance has concluded.
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28 Oct 14
The government plans to claw back redundancy payments from NHS and council managers who return to work in the same sector within a year, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced.
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21 Oct 14
Confusion over central government’s strategic role is jeopardising the value for money of public spending, according to the Public Accounts Committee.
13 May 19As austerity measures, commercialisation and rapid change force local government into difficult decisions, a strong code of conduct becomes ever more important, CIPFA’s Kim Woods writes.
5 Nov 18Tributes have been paid to former Cabinet secretary and civil service head Jeremy Heywood who died yesterday at the age of 56.
17 Oct 18CIPFA has replenished its health and social care team with two key appointments to help lead its work on integration.
9 Aug 18CIPFA has set out a number of key principles to define the role of section 151 officers in local enterprise partnerships.
7 Dec 16A survey of public sector finance chiefs has found that harnessing the potential of technology to improve performance will be a top strategic priority over the next five years.
8 Sep 16CIPFA has today opened a training centre dedicated to supporting public finance professionals in Wales.
17 Apr 15CIPFA has held its annual prize giving ceremony at its London headquarters, recognising excellent performance in its professional qualification exams.
3 Mar 15Richard Douglas, director general of finance at the Department of Health, is to retire at the end of May, he announced today.
18 Feb 15The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
3 Feb 15New civil service chief executive John Manzoni has set out plans to strengthen the central functions in Whitehall, including the finance profession, as part of a far-reaching reform plan.
19 Jan 15Throughout 2015, Public Finance will be highlighting the pioneering work done by the profession’s Top 50 Trailblazers
7 Jan 15The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts for not providing enough information on the impact of the coalition’s deficit reduction plans on public...
10 Nov 14Valerie Pierce suggests ways to take the weight off your shoulders when the competing demands of the job pile up and conflicting priorities threaten your sense of perspective – and the morale of your...
4 Nov 14Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles is to send three commissioners into Tower Hamlets to oversee the work of the authority after an inspection by PricewaterhouseCoopers found it had failed to...
29 Oct 14Reforms to the ‘broken’ local government funding system are needed to underpin greater localism in decision-making, an independent commission into town hall finance has concluded.
28 Oct 14The government plans to claw back redundancy payments from NHS and council managers who return to work in the same sector within a year, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has announced.
