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22 Sep 10
The more council chiefs are paid, the better their authority performs, latest research has shown
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16 Sep 10
The government's data-sharing revolution has begun and armchair auditors have an array of website weapons to choose from. This is not a threat to the public sector but an opportunity for greater...
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16 Sep 10
The cost of abolishing the Audit Commission could spiral because of a potential rise in its pensions deficit, Public Finance has learnt
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13 Sep 10
Opponents of the government's spending cuts must marshal an intellectual case for an alternative, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress said today
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10 Sep 10
The cost of abolishing the council standards watchdog could be more than two and a half times its annual budget, Public Finance has been told
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7 Sep 10
Stretched councils are finding it increasingly difficult to pay for staff to gain new qualifications in work time, Public Finance has learned. This is prompting fears that workforces will lack '...
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3 Sep 10
Treasury guidance that protects the pensions of employees outsourced from the public sector to the voluntary sector must be changed, third sector leaders have said
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2 Sep 10
So farewell then Audit Commission and hello amateur bean counters. David Walker takes a look at the coalition's plans for 'super audit' - and wonders if they're outside most people's comfort zone
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2 Sep 10
Scottish local authorities should be given a discretionary power to raise supplementary taxes, according to proposals for local taxation reform drawn up by leading revenue and valuation officials
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2 Sep 10
The proposed General Power of Competence for councils will not on its own be enough to enable them to find innovative ways of saving money, a government advisor has told Public Finance
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2 Sep 10
Concern is mounting that the Treasury is preparing for a series of 'quick win' reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme, expected to come into effect as soon as April next year
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2 Sep 10
Is the abolition of the Audit Commission a welcome end to top-down, tick-box regulation or a false economy that will hold back scrutiny and research? Jaimie Kaffash reports
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19 Aug 10
The gender gap is closing in the public sector far quicker than in the private sector but the government's spending cuts could slow this down, according to the author of a report out today
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19 Aug 10
Local government workers are unproductive and poorly managed, a survey has revealed
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12 Aug 10
Councils should divert some of the funds they use for pension fund deficits into supporting vulnerable frontline services, the New Local Government Network has said today
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5 Aug 10
The Department of Health is to sell off its arm's-length staffing agency, as part of a push to 'maximise value' and reduce staffing costs
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5 Aug 10
Proposed changes to the distribution of the formula grant for local government would leave the capital £100m out of pocket, London Councils is claiming
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3 Aug 10
The public sector has been warned against letting sustainability fall off its agenda as it grapples with spending cuts.
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30 Jul 10
Eighty-five per cent of the claims put in by councils for housing and council tax benefits subsidy were inaccurate, according to the local government spending watchdog
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30 Jul 10
Some employment rights could be scrapped for new recruits to contracts that have been outsourced to the private sector
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29 Jul 10
Ministers plan to slash thousands of jobs in government departments this year. But first they want to rush through cuts in civil service redundancy terms - and the unions are lining up to stop them....
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29 Jul 10
The Default Retirement Age is to be scrapped from October next year under plans set out in a government consultation today.
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27 Jul 10
The UK Statistics Authority has had its 2009/10 accounts qualified after auditors found that it had spent more cash than it was authorised to
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27 Jul 10
Public sector productivity fell throughout Labour's time in government, official statistics show today
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21 Jul 10
The Audit Commission is planning to cut its costs by 30% and focus on supporting self-inspection in local government
22 Sep 10The more council chiefs are paid, the better their authority performs, latest research has shown
16 Sep 10The government's data-sharing revolution has begun and armchair auditors have an array of website weapons to choose from. This is not a threat to the public sector but an opportunity for greater...
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