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27 Oct 11
The body responsible for legal aid has had its accounts qualified for overpayments of more than £50m.
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26 Oct 11
Plans to localise business rates could end up with the government clawing back funds to pay down the deficit, a local government think-tank has warned.
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20 Oct 11
The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport has improved its internal financial controls following a major expenses scandal, auditors said today.
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18 Oct 11
Two adjacent London boroughs plan to share a chief executive, with formal agreement due this week.
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7 Oct 11
Twenty-nine parish councils in England have been reprimanded by auditors for failing to submit their accounts.
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7 Oct 11
In times of change and uncertainty, individuals’ performance can suffer. Your challenge as a manager in the public sector is to minimise the consequences of this and help all your team fulfil their...
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6 Oct 11
An aide to Chancellor George Osborne has said that he would be 'very reluctant' to see councils raise finance from the bond market.
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6 Oct 11
Jobs at the Scottish Government fell by 2.7% last year, its accounts show.
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4 Oct 11
Councils will not achieve the substantial savings needed over the next three years through either outsourcing or employee-owned mutuals, a Public Finance round table debate agreed this week.
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4 Oct 11
Local government staff and civil servants will be barred from working full time for trade unions while taking a salary for their job, the government has announced.
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29 Sep 11
Senior Audit Commission staff have formally launched a mutual company to bid for local authority audit contracts.
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13 Sep 11
Council tax should be replaced by a levy on the value of homes, a major review of UK taxation has concluded.
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8 Sep 11
A think-thank has been attacked as 'ignorant' by trade unions for describing the likely loss of 400,000 public sector jobs as 'easily manageable'
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7 Sep 11
The need for staff to pull together has never
been more important as bigger workloads, tighter targets, redundancies and uncertainty take their toll. Pam Jones explains how to build teams that can...
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6 Sep 11
The audit work of the outgoing Audit Commission will be outsourced in ten lots grouped in four English regions and valued at around £89.4m, it has been announced.
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30 Aug 11
The abolition of the Audit Commission is going to change the shape of public sector audit forever but many questions are still unanswered. PF looks at what the future holds and talks exclusively to...
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26 Aug 11
The tendering process to outsource millions of pounds worth of public sector audit contracts will aim to encourage new players to enter the market, Audit Commission bosses have told Public Finance
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8 Aug 11
The coalition commitment to releasing ever more government figures is feeding the press’s reliance on data for stories. So what should the public sector do?
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5 Aug 11
Times of change are always unsettling, so it is more important now than ever to make sure you are moving job for the right reasons. Ann McFadyen shows you how to look before you leap
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1 Aug 11
Mark Lowcock is a permanent secretary with a difference. Not only is he a qualified accountant but his department's budget is actually rising. He tells PF how he is managing to cut costs while...
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18 Jul 11
Almost four out of ten employment tribunal appeals concern public sector employers, research has revealed.
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13 Jul 11
Landmark documents published today show that the government's liabilities for public service pensions are more than £1.13 trillion.
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13 Jul 11
More than 80% of senior civil servants believe the government lacks financial management skills, a National Audit Office survey has revealed today.
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11 Jul 11
CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: CIPFA chief executive Steve Freer discusses the way local authority finance directors are handling their budgets; the future of council audit, backing plans to...
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11 Jul 11
The public sector cuts have put the spotlight on costs, requiring a fresh focus on data and a big culture change to go with it. Accountants hold the key
27 Oct 11The body responsible for legal aid has had its accounts qualified for overpayments of more than £50m.
7 Oct 11In times of change and uncertainty, individuals’ performance can suffer. Your challenge as a manager in the public sector is to minimise the consequences of this and help all your team fulfil their...
6 Oct 11An aide to Chancellor George Osborne has said that he would be 'very reluctant' to see councils raise finance from the bond market.
4 Oct 11Councils will not achieve the substantial savings needed over the next three years through either outsourcing or employee-owned mutuals, a Public Finance round table debate agreed this week.
29 Sep 11Senior Audit Commission staff have formally launched a mutual company to bid for local authority audit contracts.
13 Sep 11Council tax should be replaced by a levy on the value of homes, a major review of UK taxation has concluded.
7 Sep 11The need for staff to pull together has never been more important as bigger workloads, tighter targets, redundancies and uncertainty take their toll. Pam Jones explains how to build teams that can...
6 Sep 11The audit work of the outgoing Audit Commission will be outsourced in ten lots grouped in four English regions and valued at around £89.4m, it has been announced.
30 Aug 11The abolition of the Audit Commission is going to change the shape of public sector audit forever but many questions are still unanswered. PF looks at what the future holds and talks exclusively to...
8 Aug 11The coalition commitment to releasing ever more government figures is feeding the press’s reliance on data for stories. So what should the public sector do?
5 Aug 11Times of change are always unsettling, so it is more important now than ever to make sure you are moving job for the right reasons. Ann McFadyen shows you how to look before you leap
1 Aug 11Mark Lowcock is a permanent secretary with a difference. Not only is he a qualified accountant but his department's budget is actually rising. He tells PF how he is managing to cut costs while...
13 Jul 11Landmark documents published today show that the government's liabilities for public service pensions are more than £1.13 trillion.
11 Jul 11CIPFA CONFERENCE 2011 VIDEO INTERVIEW: CIPFA chief executive Steve Freer discusses the way local authority finance directors are handling their budgets; the future of council audit, backing plans to...
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