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20 Sep 19
More than four in 10 public sector workers were granted flexible working hours in the last quarter of 2018, official figures have shown.
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28 Jun 19
The Treasury could be forced to make extra public sector pension payments of £4bn a year due to a landmark supreme court ruling on Thursday.
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27 Jun 19
If you want to retain staff in the public sector you should give them financial support where necessary, says Peter Briffett, who promotes financial literacy through his not-for-profit organisation...
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17 Jun 19
Police officers, nurses, midwives and teachers are most likely to stay in their professions out of the overall UK workforce, according to new research.
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1 Feb 19
A government decision to halt its valuation of public sector pension arrangements will cause “uncertainty” for fund administrators, PF has been told.
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29 Jan 19
Councils face a spending gap of £8.7bn in their bid to provide services aimed at preventing social problems in areas as diverse as homelessness, debt and crime.
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10 Sep 18
Low pay and the high cost of renting make home ownership a “pipe dream” for most public sector workers, a trade union has said.
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16 Aug 18
The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
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21 Sep 16
Attempts to better join up public services remain on the periphery of the system due to organisational and psychological barriers to reform, a review has found.
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15 Sep 16
Integrated reporting can help deliver improved service outcomes at a time when austerity and tight budgets are weighing on public sector organisations across the world, according to a joint report by...
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14 Sep 16
The number of people working in the UK’s public sector in June fell to the lowest level since comparable records began in 1999 according to the Office for National Statistics.
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11 Jul 16
With devolution, the role of finance will become more about supporting change to create a strong commercial and civil society
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8 Jul 16
Potential fiscal, economic and social benefits should be assessed when reforming services, and an analysis tool developed in Greater Manchester can help with this
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24 Jun 16
Public sector leaders have asked for a period of stability and certainty following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.
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16 Mar 16
A government-owned business can be entrepreneurial if it changes its philosophy and encourages ambition and risk-taking, the head of Scotland’s principal ferry operator told delegates to the CIPFA...
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2 Nov 15
Whitehall has changed its procurement rules in a bid to encourage the use of British steel in major infrastructure projects.
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23 Sep 15
Higher than expected borrowing by local authorities has led to an upward revision of the public sector deficit in the first four months of the year, figures released by the Office for National...
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16 Sep 15
Public sector employment fell to 5.4 million in the second quarter of the year, its lowest level since 1999 when records began.
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17 Jun 15
The pace of public sector job cuts is set to quicken to 2018/19, an analysis of government spending plans by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found, with a projected workforce reduction of more...
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18 May 15
The general election delivered a clear result. The Conservatives can now implement their manifesto pledges to build on the last government’s work on public sector reform
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18 Mar 15
George Osborne’s statement included no details on tax rises or how to improve public sector efficiency, but the next government will likely need both to meet fiscal targets.