The Audit Commission has been forced to amend its report on local councils’ investments in Iceland to remove the term ‘negligent’, which it had applied to seven authorities.
Councils can no longer turn to Whitehall and expect it to fill funding gaps, Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham told the CIPFA conference
The finance head of a pioneering district council has said sharing services could safeguard second-tier authorities from being absorbed into unitary authorities.
A new qualification in international treasury management will be announced today in response to the crisis over public sector investments in Icelandic banks.
Local authorities are rediscovering a sense of civic pride, as the recession makes commercial self-sufficiency an urgent necessity. Is this the birth of 'real localism', asks Peter Hetherington
The CIPFA Manifesto, to be launched next week, sets out the institute's ideas for restoring confidence in government. Steve Freer gives a flavour of its content
The new CIPFA president talks to Public Finance editor Mike Thatcher about tackling the recession and climate change - and why Eastern thinking could bring enlightenment to our own public sector
Gordon Brown's government is making a last-ditch attempt to regain the policy and political high ground. But the options for public services are limited, whoever is in power, says Tony Travers
The Appeal Court’s ruling against a group of London boroughs’ insurance mutual has brought calls for the new communities secretary to clarify the wellbeing power
Local authority transport chiefs have called on ministers to come clean over suspected funding cuts, fearing grants for local schemes will be the main victim of shrinking budgets.
The public sector in Wales is embracing a more collaborative approach to service provision and facing the challenge of constrained spending, the finance minister has said.
A director of the Audit Commission and the head of the London Development Agency are among the CIPFA members recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours.
The Department for Transport should rethink how it reduces taxpayer risk following the collapse of London Underground contractor Metronet, according to the National Audit Office...
Adults with autism are not receiving effective services because agencies do not have sufficient data or understanding of the condition, the National Audit Office has found...
