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10 Sep 12
Performance reviews can seem like practising scales on the piano: vital but dull and time-consuming. However, they are an opportunity to set the tone, fine-tune the goals and bring out the virtuoso...
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6 Sep 12
Next year councils take charge of business rates and council tax support. As the levels of both are heavily dependent on changes in local economies, finance departments will have to keep one step...
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5 Sep 12
Former CIPFA president Caroline Gardner is back at Audit Scotland, sowing the seeds of good financial management and tackling the public sector’s perennial problems. She tells PF that her past...
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3 Sep 12
The greatest risk in the process of closing the Audit Commission is that functions will ‘fall between gaps’, the proposed next chair of the spending watchdog has told MPs.
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3 Sep 12
As the Audit Commission prepares to bow out, incoming controller Marcine Waterman explains how it is going back to its regulatory roots while continuing to protect public money and audit quality
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30 Aug 12
The Scottish Government has been urged to address ‘significant weaknesses’ in public sector IT programmes after Audit Scotland revealed delays and cost overruns across three schemes.
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29 Aug 12
NHS hospitals are improving the accuracy of the information they record for the payment by results funding system, the Audit Commission said today.
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29 Aug 12
The proportion of honours awarded to civil servants and other public sector workers should be ‘rebalanced’ with those given to people who volunteer in their local communities, MPs have recommended.
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29 Aug 12
Councils could mitigate the cut in Council Tax Benefit funding by tackling fraud and error when they take over the system next year, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said yesterday.
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2 Aug 12
District councils have called for extra government cash as a study revealed they are disproportionately affected by ageing populations
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31 Jul 12
Local authority spending data is being released without town halls ensuring that it is ‘fit for purpose’, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee revealed today.
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27 Jul 12
Scottish town hall chiefs debated the government's proposals for single police and rescue services.
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26 Jul 12
MPs have dismissed the idea of charges for Freedom of Information requests, but acknowledge that the regime could be more self-funding.
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24 Jul 12
Sick leave in the English NHS fell slightly in 2011/12 to a rate of 4.12%, figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre show.
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19 Jul 12
MPs have called for a single, auditable account setting out the full costs of the London Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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17 Jul 12
Public sector managers are working longer hours under more stressful conditions than they were five years ago, according to a survey published today.
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16 Jul 12
CIPFA and the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors are seeking views on a new set of internal audit standards for the public sector.
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12 Jul 12
Government reforms will cut the cost of public sector pensions by 40% over the next 50 years, according to forecasts published by the Office of Budget Responsibility today.
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6 Jul 12
The Audit Commission will cease to exist by April 2015, it was revealed today as ministers published the draft Local Audit Bill.
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6 Jul 12
Conflict is part of everyday life and when handled well can lead to new and creative ways forward. Pam Jones explores some tips to make life easier when the going gets tough
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4 Jul 12
A summary of the Whole of Government Accounts for 2010/11 is due to be published next week and the full audited accounts in October, the Treasury official responsible revealed yesterday
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4 Jul 12
The quality of government reporting, auditing and financial management is the biggest challenge facing the public finance profession right now, the new CIPFA president told the conference this...
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3 Jul 12
The finance function in the public sector is being held back by a lack of skills and resources, a survey by consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has found.
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29 Jun 12
Sir Tony Redmond could have been a dancer but chose a career in local government instead. Dancing’s loss was accountancy’s gain, and now he is taking on a fresh challenge – becoming CIPFA president...
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22 Jun 12
Almost two-thirds of school bursars and business managers believe their pay is too low for the responsibility they carry, according to a survey by the National Association of Head Teachers.
10 Sep 12Performance reviews can seem like practising scales on the piano: vital but dull and time-consuming. However, they are an opportunity to set the tone, fine-tune the goals and bring out the virtuoso...
6 Sep 12Next year councils take charge of business rates and council tax support. As the levels of both are heavily dependent on changes in local economies, finance departments will have to keep one step...
5 Sep 12Former CIPFA president Caroline Gardner is back at Audit Scotland, sowing the seeds of good financial management and tackling the public sector’s perennial problems. She tells PF that her past...
3 Sep 12The greatest risk in the process of closing the Audit Commission is that functions will ‘fall between gaps’, the proposed next chair of the spending watchdog has told MPs.
3 Sep 12As the Audit Commission prepares to bow out, incoming controller Marcine Waterman explains how it is going back to its regulatory roots while continuing to protect public money and audit quality
30 Aug 12The Scottish Government has been urged to address ‘significant weaknesses’ in public sector IT programmes after Audit Scotland revealed delays and cost overruns across three schemes.
29 Aug 12NHS hospitals are improving the accuracy of the information they record for the payment by results funding system, the Audit Commission said today.
31 Jul 12Local authority spending data is being released without town halls ensuring that it is ‘fit for purpose’, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee revealed today.
12 Jul 12Government reforms will cut the cost of public sector pensions by 40% over the next 50 years, according to forecasts published by the Office of Budget Responsibility today.
6 Jul 12The Audit Commission will cease to exist by April 2015, it was revealed today as ministers published the draft Local Audit Bill.
6 Jul 12Conflict is part of everyday life and when handled well can lead to new and creative ways forward. Pam Jones explores some tips to make life easier when the going gets tough
4 Jul 12The quality of government reporting, auditing and financial management is the biggest challenge facing the public finance profession right now, the new CIPFA president told the conference this...
29 Jun 12Sir Tony Redmond could have been a dancer but chose a career in local government instead. Dancing’s loss was accountancy’s gain, and now he is taking on a fresh challenge – becoming CIPFA president...
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