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19 Mar 19
Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
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12 Mar 19
Redundancy packages for senior public sector workers are likely to be capped at £95,000, as the government seeks to implement the policy passed into law in the 2016 Enterprise Act.
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11 Mar 19
Unite and Birmingham City Council look to have reached agreement over a long-running dispute that has seen bin collections disrupted by strikes and an overtime ban.
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6 Mar 19
Local government workers in Scotland will see their pay rise by 9.5% over three years after a new deal was struck with employers.
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1 Mar 19
MPs will receive an inflation-busting pay-rise in the coming year, it has been announced.
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1 Mar 19
Local government workers account for more than half of public sector workers who are paid less than the cost of living, a charity has found.
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28 Feb 19
A warning has been sounded over Scotland’s public finances as new figures show tax revenues will be undermined by sluggish wage growth north of the border.
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1 Feb 19
A government decision to halt its valuation of public sector pension arrangements will cause “uncertainty” for fund administrators, PF has been told.
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24 Jan 19
More than 200,000 households may be missing out on a full state pension because of changes to child benefit, a parliamentary committee has been told.
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10 Jan 19
Local government workers whose jobs have been outsourced will remain in the Local Government Pension Scheme, under proposals announced today.
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18 Dec 18
NHS commissioning needs a prolonged period of organisational stability after almost three decades of change, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
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3 Dec 18
CIPFA has urged local government pension scheme administrators to develop their own comprehensive risk management framework as it issued revised guidance in this area.
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26 Nov 18
Councils should be given a £450m funding injection to ensure all care workers are paid the living wage, according to the IPPR think-tank.
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22 Nov 18
Cash-strapped Somerset County Council has rowed back on proposals to force staff to take two days unpaid leave.
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14 Nov 18
The world of local government finance has seen massive changes in recent years, but updated guidance is available to help bridge the gap, explains consultant Peter Worth.
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14 Nov 18
Despite unprecedented challenges, the Local Government Pension Scheme has emerged as a robust, high-performing scheme, says CIPFA’s Mike Ellsmore.
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12 Nov 18
Like farmers, we need to monitor the signs carefully and plan accordingly to take control where we can and improve our odds of success, says financial adviser Bob Swarup.
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12 Nov 18
The government’s announcement of mandatory pooling of local government pension schemes certainly made waves, but, three years on, how are the new mega pools shaping up? Karen Day reports.
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24 Oct 18
There is still a lack of women in public administration, which can affect policy outcomes, says Portsmouth University professor Karen Johnston.
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15 Oct 18
A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
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12 Oct 18
Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
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28 Sep 18
More than 1,000 head teachers from across England marched today and delivered a letter to the chancellor to convey their concerns about the state of school funding.
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28 Sep 18
The Northern Ireland secretary is pushing on with plans to cut assembly members’ salaries by more than a quarter from next month.
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28 Sep 18
The Local Government Pension Scheme is in a “strong financial position”, the government’s first statutory review of it has revealed.
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21 Sep 18
The regulator has told NHS trusts to stop setting up controversial wholly owned subsidiaries until further guidance is issued.
19 Mar 19Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
12 Mar 19Redundancy packages for senior public sector workers are likely to be capped at £95,000, as the government seeks to implement the policy passed into law in the 2016 Enterprise Act.
11 Mar 19Unite and Birmingham City Council look to have reached agreement over a long-running dispute that has seen bin collections disrupted by strikes and an overtime ban.
6 Mar 19Local government workers in Scotland will see their pay rise by 9.5% over three years after a new deal was struck with employers.
1 Mar 19MPs will receive an inflation-busting pay-rise in the coming year, it has been announced.
1 Mar 19Local government workers account for more than half of public sector workers who are paid less than the cost of living, a charity has found.
28 Feb 19A warning has been sounded over Scotland’s public finances as new figures show tax revenues will be undermined by sluggish wage growth north of the border.
1 Feb 19A government decision to halt its valuation of public sector pension arrangements will cause “uncertainty” for fund administrators, PF has been told.
24 Jan 19More than 200,000 households may be missing out on a full state pension because of changes to child benefit, a parliamentary committee has been told.
18 Dec 18NHS commissioning needs a prolonged period of organisational stability after almost three decades of change, according to the UK’s spending watchdog.
3 Dec 18CIPFA has urged local government pension scheme administrators to develop their own comprehensive risk management framework as it issued revised guidance in this area.
26 Nov 18Councils should be given a £450m funding injection to ensure all care workers are paid the living wage, according to the IPPR think-tank.
22 Nov 18Cash-strapped Somerset County Council has rowed back on proposals to force staff to take two days unpaid leave.
14 Nov 18The world of local government finance has seen massive changes in recent years, but updated guidance is available to help bridge the gap, explains consultant Peter Worth.
12 Nov 18Like farmers, we need to monitor the signs carefully and plan accordingly to take control where we can and improve our odds of success, says financial adviser Bob Swarup.
12 Nov 18The government’s announcement of mandatory pooling of local government pension schemes certainly made waves, but, three years on, how are the new mega pools shaping up? Karen Day reports.
24 Oct 18There is still a lack of women in public administration, which can affect policy outcomes, says Portsmouth University professor Karen Johnston.
15 Oct 18A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
12 Oct 18Finance staff at Newham council in London have voted to take four days of strike action in a dispute over job evaluation and pay.
28 Sep 18More than 1,000 head teachers from across England marched today and delivered a letter to the chancellor to convey their concerns about the state of school funding.
28 Sep 18The Northern Ireland secretary is pushing on with plans to cut assembly members’ salaries by more than a quarter from next month.
28 Sep 18The Local Government Pension Scheme is in a “strong financial position”, the government’s first statutory review of it has revealed.
