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9 Apr 15
Moves to boost the role of the finance profession in the NHS require a new collaboration between accountants and doctors, as well as an improved understanding of costs across the health service.
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1 Apr 15
With continuing tight budgets and deficit reduction policies the only certainty for the public sector, the pressure is on to deliver savings while improving services. Increased collaboration can cut...
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31 Mar 15
The Public Finance team were very shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of our former colleague Nick Mann following an accident on the London Underground network at the weekend.
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27 Mar 15
Ministers have removed independent protections for council Section 151 officers and those holding other senior posts in local government after concluding the current regime was costly to councils.
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26 Mar 15
Public finance professionals should be at the forefront of public service reform in a Scotland likely to remain dominated by Left-wing politicians with an ‘unthinking’ belief in a big public sector,...
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10 Mar 15
Public sector employment prospects have risen to their highest level in four years and are currently more positive than those in the private sector, a poll of employers has found.
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3 Mar 15
Richard Douglas, director general of finance at the Department of Health, is to retire at the end of May, he announced today.
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26 Feb 15
CIPFA’s Counter Fraud Centre is to work with BAE Systems to compile its global risk register and develop new ways for public bodies to detect cases of fraud.
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26 Feb 15
Developing the role of finance professionals in government so they can act as partners across Whitehall will be critical to securing value for money in the next spending review, a report has...
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18 Feb 15
The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
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17 Feb 15
Groups of local authorities should be given complete control over council tax, including the value of bands and the timing of revaluations, the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance has...
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16 Feb 15
Public audit requires a different set of skills and experience from the private sector, writes Rob Whiteman. This is one of many issues that the new assurance arrangements fail to address
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3 Feb 15
New civil service chief executive John Manzoni has set out plans to strengthen the central functions in Whitehall, including the finance profession, as part of a far-reaching reform plan.
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23 Jan 15
CIPFA has welcomed a strong set of results by students sitting for both its professional qualification and the institute’s new public audit qualification.
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22 Jan 15
In challenging times, public sector managers can bring out the best in their staff through learning and development programmes in which mentoring plays a key role, writes John Neal. Below are his top...
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20 Jan 15
CIPFA’s new Mansell Street offices were officially opened today at a launch event attended by many of the institute’s past presidents.
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19 Jan 15
CIPFA has launched a co-operative training scheme in the North West to ensure public financial management continues to attract top graduates.
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19 Jan 15
Throughout 2015, Public Finance will be highlighting the pioneering work done by the profession’s Top 50 Trailblazers
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19 Jan 15
The minister says local authority funding is only being cut by an average 1.8%. But this includes ring-fenced money that makes it harder for councils to find savings
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7 Jan 15
The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts for not providing enough information on the impact of the coalition’s deficit reduction plans on public...
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16 Dec 14
Local authority chief finance officers are becoming less confident about the ability of their organisations to continue providing services amid government funding cuts, a CIPFA poll has revealed.
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11 Dec 14
Auditor general Amyas Morse has given a clear audit opinion to the financial statement of the Courts and Tribunals Service for the first time due to significant improvements in its reporting on fines...
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10 Dec 14
Public sector job prospects have improved in the last three months, with employers now forecasting no net losses of staff, according to the Manpower Group’s Employment Outlook Survey.
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4 Dec 14
Scotland's auditor general Caroline Gardner has been appointed one of three new non-executive directors of Public Sector Audit Appointments, the body that will oversee local audit contracts from next...
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1 Dec 14
Councils in Hertfordshire are drawing up plans to create a single integrated ‘civil service’ across all the county’s local government bodies to make savings, Public Finance has been told.
9 Apr 15Moves to boost the role of the finance profession in the NHS require a new collaboration between accountants and doctors, as well as an improved understanding of costs across the health service.
1 Apr 15With continuing tight budgets and deficit reduction policies the only certainty for the public sector, the pressure is on to deliver savings while improving services. Increased collaboration can cut...
31 Mar 15The Public Finance team were very shocked and saddened to learn of the tragic death of our former colleague Nick Mann following an accident on the London Underground network at the weekend.
27 Mar 15Ministers have removed independent protections for council Section 151 officers and those holding other senior posts in local government after concluding the current regime was costly to councils.
26 Mar 15Public finance professionals should be at the forefront of public service reform in a Scotland likely to remain dominated by Left-wing politicians with an ‘unthinking’ belief in a big public sector,...
10 Mar 15Public sector employment prospects have risen to their highest level in four years and are currently more positive than those in the private sector, a poll of employers has found.
3 Mar 15Richard Douglas, director general of finance at the Department of Health, is to retire at the end of May, he announced today.
26 Feb 15CIPFA’s Counter Fraud Centre is to work with BAE Systems to compile its global risk register and develop new ways for public bodies to detect cases of fraud.
18 Feb 15The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
17 Feb 15Groups of local authorities should be given complete control over council tax, including the value of bands and the timing of revaluations, the Independent Commission on Local Government Finance has...
16 Feb 15Public audit requires a different set of skills and experience from the private sector, writes Rob Whiteman. This is one of many issues that the new assurance arrangements fail to address
3 Feb 15New civil service chief executive John Manzoni has set out plans to strengthen the central functions in Whitehall, including the finance profession, as part of a far-reaching reform plan.
22 Jan 15In challenging times, public sector managers can bring out the best in their staff through learning and development programmes in which mentoring plays a key role, writes John Neal. Below are his top...
20 Jan 15CIPFA’s new Mansell Street offices were officially opened today at a launch event attended by many of the institute’s past presidents.
19 Jan 15Throughout 2015, Public Finance will be highlighting the pioneering work done by the profession’s Top 50 Trailblazers
19 Jan 15The minister says local authority funding is only being cut by an average 1.8%. But this includes ring-fenced money that makes it harder for councils to find savings
7 Jan 15The Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Treasury’s Whole of Government Accounts for not providing enough information on the impact of the coalition’s deficit reduction plans on public...
16 Dec 14Local authority chief finance officers are becoming less confident about the ability of their organisations to continue providing services amid government funding cuts, a CIPFA poll has revealed.
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