Long-term funding and better Home Office communication is needed to improve work to house asylum seekers in England, according to the officers leading local responses.
The coming years will be defined more by politics than the economy, despite inflation and the cost-of-living crisis dominating the agenda right now, Public Finance Live heard.
The work of public sector staff has meant that despite “seemingly never-ending challenges” from global events and tough financial circumstances, the sector continues to deliver services for the...
The role of managers is key to creating an inclusive and understanding work environment for women in finance roles, experts told delegates at Public Finance Live.
Culture is the “biggest thing” that needs to change to empower internal auditors in the public sector to make positive contributions to their organisations, according to speakers at Public Finance...
The current level of information held by central government on local authority owned subsidiaries is weak, according to an expert who also suggested departments could be requesting additional data.
Work to improve diversity and inclusion needs to be proactive and tackle the organisation’s culture rather than simply increase participation rates, Public Finance Live delegates were told.
Genuine collaboration between local government, the voluntary and community sector and commercial sectors is key to ensure the successful delivery of integrated care – and ensuring better outcomes...
Panellists at Public Finance Live agreed something needs to change to speed up audit opinions being issued on council accounts, but were unsure whether giving auditors a statutory deadline is the...
Public sector organisations – as well as businesses in general – must continually strive for greater inclusion if they are to better serve their communities and service-users.
Conservative leadership candidates risk missing the wider picture about the need to ‘level up’ the UK with their statements about tax cuts and shrinking the Whitehall wage bill, former education...
Social care provision should remain outsourced despite the problems in the sector, King’s Fund director of policy Sally Warren told a Public Finance Live conference session on care reform after Covid...
