Boosting growth in cities is linked to good public financial management that helps engage both public authorities and business in the potential for private and public investments.
New rules to combat corporate tax avoidance by multinational companies are to be adopted across the European Union after member states agreed a package of measures today.
The directors of three of the UK’s leading economic research institutions have issued a joint statement warning that a Brexit would almost certainly weaken the public finances.
IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has reiterated her call for Britain to vote to remain in the European Union in this week’s referendum, saying there is “a clear case” for how the UK has...
Brexit would damage the economic and political interests of the entire Commonwealth and hinder international initiatives requiring global cooperation, the chief of the Commonwealth Local Government...
Many attempts to replicate UK government initiatives around the world as part of aid agreements have failed. Donor funded attempts to support public service reform must better match plans to local...
Efforts to replicate successful UK reforms elsewhere often fail because global consultancies encourage their application without regard for local context, culture and capability, a think-tank has...
The UK’s lack of a “strategic and comprehensive approach” to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is deeply concerning, the country’s International Development Select Committee has...
Brexit would hit the pockets of poor and middle-class UK citizens just as hard as the country’s elite, research from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics has claimed.
A treaty to end the double taxation of income in the UK and Algeria is to come into effect next year as part of efforts to increase trade between the two countries, a Treasury minister has confirmed.
Quitting the EU to strike an EEA deal would give Britain more control over its laws and greater global influence while maintaining open trade with Europe.
The European Commission has deferred its decision on disciplinary action regarding Spain and Portugal’s stubborn “excessive” deficits until early July.
Foreign companies in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan are to be forced to reveal their true owners following today’s Anti-Corruption Summit in London.
CIPFA has today launched a new anti-corruption qualification that will help boost defences against bribery across both public sector organisations and businesses.
Many voters are unaware of the impact the European Union has on public services despite the UK membership having far-reaching consequences in areas such as health and social care, higher education...
