The government may be talking tough on criminal justice but the government’s current plans do not address how to improve standards in prisons and will leave a hole in their budgets, writes the IfG’s...
Entrants now have until 24 October to enter the awards that celebrate excellence in the public accounting sector – 2020’s coveted Public Finance Awards.
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.
The ambitious IFR4NPO initiative will offer the first-ever international financial reporting guidance for the non-profit sector, writes Ian Carruthers.
PF in association with CIPFA has created a ‘promisometer’ to which spending pledges by the three main parties will be added ahead of the election on 12 December.
Handing Local Government Pension Scheme investments to ‘passive fund’ managers would spark pushback from the scheme’s stakeholders, CIPFA’s pensions advisor has told PF.
Focusing on residents as the primary users of local authority accounts can bring transparency and clarity and drive better decision-making, says Newham council’s Conrad Hall.
Dogged by scandals and a donations slump, clarity on operations and use of funds is vital if the charity sector is to win back public confidence. Rachel Willcox reports.
While some progress has been made on improving international ethical standards across the public finance sector there is still much to do, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
District councils are juggling a host of financial challenges as they face greater spending commitments at a time when funding is falling and when many of the challenges on the horizon are ‘unknowns’.