Local authority accounts are under fire for their increasing length and complexity, with calls for a simple and more transparent process. But is this the right way forward? Nigel Johnson, opposite,...
It's not the easiest time to be running the finances of an NHS hospital but Chelsea & Westminster FD Lorraine Bewes says the prognosis is good. She tells PF how the foundation trust is...
Budget cuts mean that managers' workloads are increasing – and most of us need to stop and think seriously about what we are doing and why. Ann McFadyen and Brendan McCarron explain how you can...
Council budgets throughout England might be reopened following a change of political control at many local authorities after the elections, a think-tank has said
The local government grants system will need to be reformed if councils are given back control of local business rates, the Local Government Association says
The head of Scotland's local authorities today unleashed a scathing attack on political party leaders, accusing them of treating council services and jobs as ammunition for the Holyrood election...
Workforce experts have asked the government to carry out a comprehensive audit of public sector job cuts to try to settle arguments between forecasters.
The States of Guernsey is set to embed the six principles of good governance in its work, after an audit report found serious deficiencies and lack of value for money
Almost all English local authorities are slashing senior and middle management costs to help balance their budgets, but libraries and Sure Start centres are also in the line of fire, according to a...
The Department for International Development must tighten its counter-fraud measures as its work extends into less stable countries, auditors have said
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council has had its accounts for 2009/10 qualified because it failed to include the finances of two associated bodies in them
Staff cuts are inevitable throughout the public sector. But research shows that the way redundancies are undertaken has a greater effect on employees than the job losses themselves. John Marsh...
A local government think-tank has called for citizens to be given a leading role in the audit regime that follows the abolition of the Audit Commission
As the government embarks on radical reform of the welfare system, how is the Department for Work and Pensions' finance director coping with the changes? Hunada Nouss tells PF about bringing...
Schools need to re-examine their use of teachers and teaching assistants if they are to meet the coming financial challenges, the Audit Commission has said
