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14 Apr 21
An independent body should conduct the review into the Greensill lobbying scandal, rather than departmental advisors, according to CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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8 Jun 20
We have just witnessed a second weekend of protest, sparked by the unjust killing of George Floyd in the US. Confidence in governance has been eroded and, across the world, communities are demanding...
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12 May 20
A small number of councils buying commercial property purely to make money should not result in a complete overhaul of CIPFA’s guidelines on investment, chief executive Rob Whiteman has told MPs.
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27 Apr 20
The coronavirus crisis has exposed the fragility of local authority finances, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told MPs.
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18 Apr 20
An annual survey revealed 57% of English local authorities are making the maximum allowable increase to council tax in an attempt to finance service demand. CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman...
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3 Jan 20
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has been awarded a CBE for services to public sector financial management in the Queen’s New Year honours list.
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6 Nov 19
Councils could be subject to greater regulation if the sector continues to make controversial commercial property investments, CIPFA’s chief executive has warned.
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9 Oct 19
Local bodies must put more emphasis on keeping records of their spend on preventing ill health, CIPFA’s chief executive Rob Whiteman told a health conference today.
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6 Aug 19
CIPFA’s chief executive Rob Whiteman has written to the new communities secretary calling for vulnerable children and adults to be a top priority.
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3 Jul 19
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman raised concerns over a lack of diversity in council investments, at the annual Local Government Association conference today.
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14 May 19
Councils are having to restructure services in the face of the most “intense cuts without parallel in modern times”, MPs have heard.
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22 Oct 18
Cash-strapped councils increasingly borrowing to invest in commercial properties risk local services - which are often for vulnerable people - being at the mercy of the property market, says CIPFA...
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18 Oct 18
CIPFA is to work on fresh guidance over concerns councils in England are putting public funds at “unnecessary or unquantified risk” when borrowing to invest in commercial property.
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2 May 18
Brexit is likely to hamper much-needed local government reform over the next 10 years, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has told a conference this morning.
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27 Feb 17
Next week’s Budget is unlikely to bring much comfort to local government. The sector must seize the initiative, redefining its objectives and the financial freedoms needed to deliver
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7 Oct 16
CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman is to join the NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plan board in northeast London as independent chair.
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22 Sep 16
A major review of government’s devolution and economic policy has proposed revisions to the prudential borrowing code for local authorities, as part of increased devolved powers intended to lead to...
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24 May 16
CIPFA and ICAS have extended their partnership with a new initiative that will enable CIPFA members to gain ICAS status to help them further their careers in both public and private sectors.
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17 Mar 16
Public finance professionals are uniquely placed to give organisations the leadership, strategy and hope they need to keep up morale in the face of continued austerity, CIPFA chief executive Rob...
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23 Nov 15
Half of council finance directors are less confident in the ability to deliver savings than they were a year ago, a CIPFA survey ahead of this week’s Spending Review has found.
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28 Oct 15
How business rates decentralisation will work needs clarifying – especially for high-need councils – and the chancellor should remember Robert Maxwell when reforming pensions
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23 Oct 15
Integration of health and social care will require significant additional upfront funding to be successful, and the reform is not likely to lead to savings in the short-term, an analysis by CIPFA has...
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27 Jul 15
Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has been made an honorary CIPFA member in recognition of her work bringing in financial reforms in Wales.
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9 Mar 15
The Treasury still needs to learn lessons from the financial crash and must plan for a wide range of different crisis scenarios, a committee of MPs said today.
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5 Mar 15
Council spending in England has been cut by almost a quarter on a per person basis since 2009/10, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
14 Apr 21An independent body should conduct the review into the Greensill lobbying scandal, rather than departmental advisors, according to CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
8 Jun 20We have just witnessed a second weekend of protest, sparked by the unjust killing of George Floyd in the US. Confidence in governance has been eroded and, across the world, communities are demanding...
12 May 20A small number of councils buying commercial property purely to make money should not result in a complete overhaul of CIPFA’s guidelines on investment, chief executive Rob Whiteman has told MPs.
18 Apr 20An annual survey revealed 57% of English local authorities are making the maximum allowable increase to council tax in an attempt to finance service demand. CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman...
3 Jan 20CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman has been awarded a CBE for services to public sector financial management in the Queen’s New Year honours list.
9 Oct 19Local bodies must put more emphasis on keeping records of their spend on preventing ill health, CIPFA’s chief executive Rob Whiteman told a health conference today.
22 Oct 18Cash-strapped councils increasingly borrowing to invest in commercial properties risk local services - which are often for vulnerable people - being at the mercy of the property market, says CIPFA...
18 Oct 18CIPFA is to work on fresh guidance over concerns councils in England are putting public funds at “unnecessary or unquantified risk” when borrowing to invest in commercial property.
27 Feb 17Next week’s Budget is unlikely to bring much comfort to local government. The sector must seize the initiative, redefining its objectives and the financial freedoms needed to deliver
22 Sep 16A major review of government’s devolution and economic policy has proposed revisions to the prudential borrowing code for local authorities, as part of increased devolved powers intended to lead to...
24 May 16CIPFA and ICAS have extended their partnership with a new initiative that will enable CIPFA members to gain ICAS status to help them further their careers in both public and private sectors.
23 Nov 15Half of council finance directors are less confident in the ability to deliver savings than they were a year ago, a CIPFA survey ahead of this week’s Spending Review has found.
28 Oct 15How business rates decentralisation will work needs clarifying – especially for high-need councils – and the chancellor should remember Robert Maxwell when reforming pensions
23 Oct 15Integration of health and social care will require significant additional upfront funding to be successful, and the reform is not likely to lead to savings in the short-term, an analysis by CIPFA has...
27 Jul 15Welsh finance minister Jane Hutt has been made an honorary CIPFA member in recognition of her work bringing in financial reforms in Wales.
9 Mar 15The Treasury still needs to learn lessons from the financial crash and must plan for a wide range of different crisis scenarios, a committee of MPs said today.
5 Mar 15Council spending in England has been cut by almost a quarter on a per person basis since 2009/10, according to an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
