Safeguards for standards and integrity become vital when officials cannot always be relied upon to do the right thing, delegates at Public Finance Live heard.
Restricted budgets and difficult decision-making only increase how important it is to maintain good standards and governance in the public sector, Public Finance Live delegates were told.
The pressure on democracy is already finding its way to audit in some parts of the world, but audit has always known political pressure, Public Finance Live delegates heard.
“Threats and ultimatums” issued in a bid to root out wasteful council spending would jeopardise the relationship between officers and members on which local government relies, the chief...
Plans to roll out mayoral authorities across the country must be accompanied by beefed up scrutiny arrangements to hold powerful mayors to account, a think-tank has said.
Public bodies are failing to act on early warning signals that could help avert a disaster on the scale of the Horizon IT scandal, according to a report.
Better scrutiny arrangements have meant the expired Best Value notice issued to the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority last year will not be renewed.
With more than half of the countries included in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index scoring below the global average, there is still much to be done to stamp out public sector corruption, writes...
Senior civil servants might be deliberately undermining vital fraud detection work in an attempt to protect their organisation’s reputation, according to counter-fraud workers.
Local authorities have been warned that they face a “significant administrative headache” if they fail to comply with their duties as charity trustees.
As the awareness of the climate crisis grows around the world, governments are battling to put in place mitigation measures that involve large amounts of public investment. But these efforts are in...
CIPFA’s new chief executive has told the new government it needs to “redefine how public services are funded, empowered and supported” and make progress in areas such as devolution, more predictable...
Serious failings uncovered at Guildford Borough Council in the wake of a criminal investigation into potential fraud in the council’s housing department show it needs to get a grip of its culture and...
An affront to justice, a two-decade cover-up and a bill for taxpayers of £1.2bn. But it took a TV drama to wake Westminster up to the Post Office scandal. PF explores.
The general election will end the most turbulent parliament in decades. Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier reflects on the lessons to be learned and what’s to come
