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13 Mar 13
Whitehall’s central procurement team has come under fire for the way it chose marketing and advertising agencies to work with over the next three years.
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12 Mar 13
The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England show that integrated spending could lead to cheaper and better services, the National Audit Office said today.
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12 Mar 13
Hiring in the public sector has received a surprise boost after several depressed quarters, according to recruiters Manpower.
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6 Mar 13
Negotiating is a vital business skill for all public sector managers and increasingly so for finance professionals. But many end up acting as if they’re haggling over a used car. Matt Copeland advises
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4 Mar 13
Ministers today announced the creation of four evidence-gathering bodies to measure the effectiveness of government policies and improve the value for money of £200bn worth of public spending.
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26 Feb 13
The Department for Culture, Media...
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21 Feb 13
More than £70m is being wasted across Whitehall every year because civil servants cannot understand the complex financial spreadsheets and models prepared by their colleagues, it has been claimed.
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21 Feb 13
Health finance professionals should work with their clinical and managerial colleagues to develop accurate costs for the services their organisations offer, Monitor said today.
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15 Feb 13
On April 1, new internal audit standards come into effect for the whole of the public sector. Creation of this level playing field will bring some changes
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13 Feb 13
The public sector loses billions from fraud each year as criminals exploit technology to further their ends. But IT is also helping the good guys catch up
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11 Feb 13
Huge spending cuts and radical changes in the public sector are not only shrinking the existing workforce but making it harder for jobseekers to find positions. As more and more people apply for...
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5 Feb 13
Reforms to the contracts for NHS consultants have brought many of the expected benefits, but hospitals can still improve how they manage senior doctors to improve value for money, the National Audit...
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31 Jan 13
Public bodies in Nottinghamshire received more than 800 applications for an innovative training scheme that allows finance staff to work across different employers
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29 Jan 13
The National Audit Office has warned that funding cuts facing councils over the next two years will pose ‘increasing difficulties’ for town halls, and urged Whitehall to better understand the impact...
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16 Jan 13
Plans to overhaul the audit regime for local public bodies contain ‘serious’ risks and gaps that could weaken accountability for public money, MPs have warned.
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2 Jan 13
CIPFA has urged local authorities to be ‘extremely careful’ if they plan to follow Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles’ advice to use their reserves to close funding gaps.
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20 Dec 12
The Local Government Finance Settlement heralds a ‘very challenging’ phase in the austerity programme, CIPFA has warned, while the Local Government Association called it ‘bad news for services’.
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17 Dec 12
Accountants from across the public and private sectors have called on the government to adopt a long-term industrial strategy and said ministers should stop ‘talking down’ the economy.
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13 Dec 12
Auditors have managed to substantiate less than two-thirds of the £5.8bn savings the Department of Health claimed the NHS achieved last year.
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12 Dec 12
Public sector employment has fallen for the twelfth consecutive quarter and is now 5.745 million, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
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6 Dec 12
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has accused some councils of scaremongering about funding cuts after it was revealed that town hall reserves have risen by more than a third in the past five...
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5 Dec 12
English councils have coped well with shrinking budgets so far but some are worried about whether they will be able to sustain their financial performance in the medium term, accountancy firm Grant...
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4 Dec 12
The cost of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London this summer is likely to be below the £9.3bn budgeted for the events, the National Audit Office said today.
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28 Nov 12
The Cabinet Office has published up-to-date information on £84bn worth of government contracts planned over the next five years.
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27 Nov 12
The chair of the new Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn, talks to Mike Thatcher about the changes needed to improve access to higher education...
13 Mar 13Whitehall’s central procurement team has come under fire for the way it chose marketing and advertising agencies to work with over the next three years.
12 Mar 13The four ‘whole place’ Community Budget pilots in England show that integrated spending could lead to cheaper and better services, the National Audit Office said today.
6 Mar 13Negotiating is a vital business skill for all public sector managers and increasingly so for finance professionals. But many end up acting as if they’re haggling over a used car. Matt Copeland advises
15 Feb 13On April 1, new internal audit standards come into effect for the whole of the public sector. Creation of this level playing field will bring some changes
13 Feb 13The public sector loses billions from fraud each year as criminals exploit technology to further their ends. But IT is also helping the good guys catch up
11 Feb 13Huge spending cuts and radical changes in the public sector are not only shrinking the existing workforce but making it harder for jobseekers to find positions. As more and more people apply for...
5 Feb 13Reforms to the contracts for NHS consultants have brought many of the expected benefits, but hospitals can still improve how they manage senior doctors to improve value for money, the National Audit...
29 Jan 13The National Audit Office has warned that funding cuts facing councils over the next two years will pose ‘increasing difficulties’ for town halls, and urged Whitehall to better understand the impact...
16 Jan 13Plans to overhaul the audit regime for local public bodies contain ‘serious’ risks and gaps that could weaken accountability for public money, MPs have warned.
2 Jan 13CIPFA has urged local authorities to be ‘extremely careful’ if they plan to follow Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles’ advice to use their reserves to close funding gaps.
17 Dec 12Accountants from across the public and private sectors have called on the government to adopt a long-term industrial strategy and said ministers should stop ‘talking down’ the economy.
12 Dec 12Public sector employment has fallen for the twelfth consecutive quarter and is now 5.745 million, the Office for National Statistics revealed today.
6 Dec 12Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has accused some councils of scaremongering about funding cuts after it was revealed that town hall reserves have risen by more than a third in the past five...
4 Dec 12The cost of hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London this summer is likely to be below the £9.3bn budgeted for the events, the National Audit Office said today.
27 Nov 12The chair of the new Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn, talks to Mike Thatcher about the changes needed to improve access to higher education...
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