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22 Nov 18
Policing in Scotland still faces “considerable challenges” in achieving financial sustainability despite progress in governance and budget monitoring, auditors have found.
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6 Nov 18
Women in senior leadership positions can positively affect organisational performance. Mechanisms are needed to help them get there, argues Sheila Ellwood of the University of Bristol.
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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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17 Oct 18
The Public Accounts Committee chair has been speaking “behind the scenes to persuade various players” to enhance the scrutiny of local government spending.
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28 Sep 18
Officers and members need to communicate and work together to find solutions to the many challenges facing local government, says Cliff Dalton, CIPFA’s head of advisory services
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20 Sep 18
The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
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14 Sep 18
Civil society organisations have expressed disappointment the UK government has not heeded the advice of a group of MPs on aid spending.
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14 Sep 18
Some 80% of risk-related costs are often overlooked. Managing these can lead to sustainable financial savings, both directly and indirectly, says Zurich Municipal's Andrew Jepp.
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10 Sep 18
Proposed new boundaries to UK electoral constituencies, slashing the number of MPs from 650 to 600, have been submitted to parliament.
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10 Sep 18
Rob Winter brought in a new approach to embed good governance and control for the South Yorkshire Police that was simpler to use and would provide management information. Simone Rensch...
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7 Sep 18
Huw Vaughan Thomas, former auditor general for Wales, talks to PF’s Vivienne Russell about how the Wales Audit Office has evolved and the implications of the country’s new fiscal...
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2 Aug 18
Northamptonshire Council has proposed “radical service reductions” in areas including care for vulnerable people as a response to its second 114 notice.
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31 Jul 18
The government must update its devolution policy for when the UK leaves the EU in March next year, MPs have warned.
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31 Jul 18
More of the money donated to international charities – including from governments around the world - should go towards making it easier to whistleblow against charity sector abuse.
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24 Jul 18
Public private partnerships need to be managed actively and effectively throughout the life of the contract if value is to be realised, says Morag Baird of the Global Infrastructure Hub
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18 Jul 18
Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
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29 Jun 18
Penny Mordaunt has pledged to help Commonwealth veterans living in poverty through the British aid budget, in a speech at a think-tank yesterday.
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27 Jun 18
MPs have slammed the government for its slowness in responding to a call for more transparent public spending and its apparent lack of commitment to scrutiny.
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21 Jun 18
The decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear site is likely to cost £913m more than expected, the public spending watchdog has said.
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7 Jun 18
The NHS has wasted nearly £2.4m reviewing the handling of misdirected clinical correspondence, a group of MPs has found.
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23 May 18
Public sector net borrowing has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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21 May 18
Civil servants have a strong commitment to their work but are often blamed for the government’s inadequancy and morale amongst them is low, says professor Andrew Kakabadse from Henley Business School...
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11 May 18
The Ministry of Defence could be more than £20bn short of the funding it needs for equipment between 2017-2027, the Public Accounts Committee warned today.
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4 May 18
We will be updating this story through the day.Please see here for our pre-election coverage.
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25 Apr 18
Wigan Council scooped the Grand Prix at this year’s Public Finance Innovation Awards for their community-focused scheme, The Deal.
22 Nov 18Policing in Scotland still faces “considerable challenges” in achieving financial sustainability despite progress in governance and budget monitoring, auditors have found.
6 Nov 18Women in senior leadership positions can positively affect organisational performance. Mechanisms are needed to help them get there, argues Sheila Ellwood of the University of Bristol.
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.
17 Oct 18The Public Accounts Committee chair has been speaking “behind the scenes to persuade various players” to enhance the scrutiny of local government spending.
28 Sep 18Officers and members need to communicate and work together to find solutions to the many challenges facing local government, says Cliff Dalton, CIPFA’s head of advisory services
20 Sep 18The UK government will return all powers to Rotherham Council after a three-year intervention, the communities secretary has announced.
14 Sep 18Civil society organisations have expressed disappointment the UK government has not heeded the advice of a group of MPs on aid spending.
14 Sep 18Some 80% of risk-related costs are often overlooked. Managing these can lead to sustainable financial savings, both directly and indirectly, says Zurich Municipal's Andrew Jepp.
10 Sep 18Proposed new boundaries to UK electoral constituencies, slashing the number of MPs from 650 to 600, have been submitted to parliament.
10 Sep 18Rob Winter brought in a new approach to embed good governance and control for the South Yorkshire Police that was simpler to use and would provide management information. Simone Rensch...
7 Sep 18Huw Vaughan Thomas, former auditor general for Wales, talks to PF’s Vivienne Russell about how the Wales Audit Office has evolved and the implications of the country’s new fiscal...
31 Jul 18The government must update its devolution policy for when the UK leaves the EU in March next year, MPs have warned.
24 Jul 18Public private partnerships need to be managed actively and effectively throughout the life of the contract if value is to be realised, says Morag Baird of the Global Infrastructure Hub
18 Jul 18Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
29 Jun 18Penny Mordaunt has pledged to help Commonwealth veterans living in poverty through the British aid budget, in a speech at a think-tank yesterday.
27 Jun 18MPs have slammed the government for its slowness in responding to a call for more transparent public spending and its apparent lack of commitment to scrutiny.
21 Jun 18The decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear site is likely to cost £913m more than expected, the public spending watchdog has said.
7 Jun 18The NHS has wasted nearly £2.4m reviewing the handling of misdirected clinical correspondence, a group of MPs has found.
23 May 18Public sector net borrowing has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.
21 May 18Civil servants have a strong commitment to their work but are often blamed for the government’s inadequancy and morale amongst them is low, says professor Andrew Kakabadse from Henley Business School...
11 May 18The Ministry of Defence could be more than £20bn short of the funding it needs for equipment between 2017-2027, the Public Accounts Committee warned today.
4 May 18We will be updating this story through the day.Please see here for our pre-election coverage.
25 Apr 18Wigan Council scooped the Grand Prix at this year’s Public Finance Innovation Awards for their community-focused scheme, The Deal.
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