Local fiscal power and autonomy can help drive infrastructure investment and in turn reduce regional inequality, according to a CIPFA report that the institute hopes can inform the UK’s levelling up...
CIPFA provides “challenging” training that helps public finance professionals learn skills allowing them to go beyond their core finance and accounting tasks, according to government inspection body...
Richard Lloyd-Bithell reviews the big treasury management developments over the past year – and highlights the issues that are set to dominate the agenda in 2022.
Former National Audit Office director Aileen Murphie has been appointed to chair a new CIPFA panel to provide guidance on professional conduct and best practice.
Councils failing to meet their legal requirement to properly 'have regard' to revised Prudential and Treasury Management Codes risk provoking further central government intervention in the...
CIPFA has announced its intention for a ‘soft launch’ of its forthcoming revised Prudential and Treasury Management Codes, with full implementation set to be expected for 2023-24 strategies.
Despite rumours to the contrary, changes to CIPFA’s Prudential and Treasury Management Codes mean councils must re-examine their investment strategies, says Richard Lloyd-Bithell.
A much-welcomed increase in resources cannot paper over the cracks in the way central government delivers much of its funding for local government, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
In a 1,000-word open letter to new communities secretary Michael Gove, CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman says local government would welcome radical change to its functions and form in return for...
CIPFA has launched two new consultations on its Prudential Code and Treasury Management Code, focusing on commercial investment and officer training respectively.
CIPFA has launched a new value-for-money toolkit in partnership with the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) based within the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.
New CIPFA president Mike Driver leads the UK government’s Covid-19 managed quarantine programme. Post-pandemic, the skills of public finance professionals will be needed like never before, he says.
