Facts and figures from the September edition of Public Finance magazine, on social housing shortfalls, austerity’s trajectory, asylum seekers and foreign workers, and time lost to strikes
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) has been presented with CIPFA’s annual Sir Harry Page Merit Award, given for work in public service accounting and...
Following a meeting of the Public Sector Pioneer Network in London, the chair of the International Integrated Reporting Council spoke to Public Finance about what public sector organisations can gain...
Chancellor George Osborne’s claim that he halved the UK government’s £1.7bn bill from the European Commission late last year is ‘not supported by published information’, the Treasury select committee...
The Department for International Development should ask other UK government departments to provide details of their aid expenditure in order to enhance transparency, according to the aid spending...
Public audit cannot resolve historically low levels of trust in politicians, their parties or even democracy itself. But it can address vital issues of financial performance and value for money
The 'seal of approval' beloved of media headlines is deceptive. Auditors must go beyond box-ticking to advise public bodies on smarter ways of working, writes Lyn Provost
The Department for International Development’s response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa was ‘too slow’ and ‘failed to respond with urgency’ to the emerging crisis, according to a critical report...
The UK aid spending target has presented the Department for International Development with challenges in managing its budget and spending, auditors have said
The UK has been urged to do more to ensure that government policies in areas such as defence and migration are supporting its broader international development goals.
Strong measures are needed to protect the NHS from the planned transatlantic free trade deal being negotiated by the European Union and the United States, the NHS Confederation has said.
CIPFA is to launch a Global Fraud Risk Register to help public sectors across the world improve efforts to tackle fraud threats, and to identify and react to emerging problems.
The UK has been told to contribute an extra £1.7bn to the Europe Union’s budget on December 1, because the economy has performed better than expected, according to a leaked document that also shows...
MPs have urged the government to restate its commitment to spending at least 2% of gross domestic product on defence, saying that recent violence in the east of Ukraine and the Russian annexation of...
Trade union Unison has welcomed the announcement from the European Commission that health services will not be included in a proposed trans-Atlantic trade deal, which could have increased competition...
Public Finance talks to EY’s Uschi Schreiber at the CIPFA Conference about emerging global trends, how the public sector can respond and the role of women in public finance
The government should introduce a new system of citizen registration to allow for better local planning of public services in areas with high levels of immigration, a think-tank has said today.
A majority of finance professionals working in non-profit organisations would like to see an international standard for financial reporting in the sector introduced, according to research from the...
