Budget holders may be unable or even unwilling to accept they have financial reponsibilities. There are several ways to address this, says CIPFA’s Lisa Forster.
Civil servants have a strong commitment to their work but are often blamed for the government’s inadequancy and morale amongst them is low, says professor Andrew Kakabadse from Henley Business School...
Managers should never ignore suspicions or complaints of sexual harassment. With behavioural grey areas and divisive disciplinary policies, how do you best address them? Mediation consultant David...
James Brokenshire had replaced Sajid Javid as housing, communities and local government secretary after Javid was appointed home secretary following Amber Rudd's resignation, the government has...
Are public sector finance leaders ‘digital ready’? That was the question considered at a recent CIPFA-Eduserv round table. Debate chair Jos Creese reports back.
Public sector employment in the UK fell by 132,000 between September and December last year because of housing association reclassification, official figures have shown.
Organisations lacking the expertise a project requires may want to bring in outside help. Managing this properly will ensure you achieve results while staying within budget, says CIPFA's John O'...
The NHS is losing some 33,000 nurses each year in England, equivalent to one tenth of the total nursing workforce, figures released by NHS Digital to the BBC have shown.
Care Quality Commission chief executive Sir David Behan has announced that he is to step down from the role in the summer after six years at the inspectorate.
Disagreement in any workplace is inevitable, especially in the public sector where people may have strong values. David Liddle explains how you can stop debate turning into dysfunction.
Head of the government finance function Mike Driver tells PF's Vivienne Russell about his inclusive approach, and putting finance at the heart of decision making.
Whitehall needs to improve its cost benefit analysis or risk losing value from its £250bn infrastructure project pipeline, the Institute for Government has warned.
