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23 Apr 18
Chancellor Philip Hammond has urged meetings of the G7 and International Monetary Fund in Washington to increase action against ‘dirty money’ used to fund rogue regimes and illicit activity.
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15 Mar 18
Northamptonshire County Council should get a “new start” by being split into two separate councils following financial mismanagement, a government-commissioned inspection has said today.
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15 Mar 18
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is planning to consult on a statutory override to aspects of a new accounting rule intended to improve the financial reporting of investments.
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8 Mar 18
Growth in tax revenue would likely be wiped out by the highest earners taking action to reduce their liabilities, analysis from the Scottish Government’s independent budget advisers has said.
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5 Mar 18
After a period of growth, are council reserves beginning to dip into the danger zone? PF’s Emily Twinch looks at where the pressures are and what is behind them.
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23 Feb 18
The Scottish Government has passed a budget giving public sector employees a pay rise and an extra £170m over the next year to local authorities.
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22 Feb 18
The total deficit of NHS providers had risen above £1bn by the end of 2017 following additional demand on accident & emergency services over the October-December period, according to...
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21 Feb 18
Northamptonshire County Council has received a warning from its auditors that setting its proposed budget could be illegal.
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21 Feb 18
The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.
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15 Feb 18
New investment guidelines for councils have outlined a requirement for greater transparency.
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5 Feb 18
Leading local government figures are warning multiple councils could be at risk of financial collapse after a county council dramatically imposed emergency spending controls.
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2 Feb 18
The rate at which right to buy discounts have been handed out in the past six years has sparked a social housing ‘firesale’, the Local Government Association has warned.
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31 Jan 18
CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
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26 Jan 18
A new framework contract has been let to help funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme through the transition to pooled funds.
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15 Jan 18
Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
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15 Jan 18
Councils across England are proposing to take advantage of the ability to raise council tax by a further 1%, Public Finance has found.
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15 Jan 18
The NHS Confederation has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation to provide objective evidence of what will be needed to finance health and care for the next 15 years.
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10 Jan 18
Local authorities must have robust financial plans to withstand the myriad of challenges in the forseeable future, says Rob Whiteman.
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10 Jan 18
The National Audit Office has confirmed that it is already at work on examining the UK’s withdrawal payment from the European Union.
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21 Dec 17
The UK’s public sector borrowing is forecast to increase to £49.9bn during the current financial year, ending in March 2018, according to official figures.
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20 Dec 17
The Ministry of Defence will be left unable to complete its shopping list of new ships, aircraft and combat vehicles because of its inability to achieve efficiency savings, according to MPs.
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20 Dec 17
The Treasury’s Ali Uppal and Mario Pisani explain why they think the time is right for a review to improve balance sheet management.
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18 Dec 17
High Speed Rail 2’s £1.76m of unauthorised redundancy payments could have been avoided with tighter financial control, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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18 Dec 17
A tool to held public procurers spot price fixing and bid rigging has been launched by the Competition & Markets Authority.
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6 Dec 17
The first Spring Statement will take place on 13 March 2018, chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.
23 Apr 18Chancellor Philip Hammond has urged meetings of the G7 and International Monetary Fund in Washington to increase action against ‘dirty money’ used to fund rogue regimes and illicit activity.
15 Mar 18Northamptonshire County Council should get a “new start” by being split into two separate councils following financial mismanagement, a government-commissioned inspection has said today.
15 Mar 18The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is planning to consult on a statutory override to aspects of a new accounting rule intended to improve the financial reporting of investments.
8 Mar 18Growth in tax revenue would likely be wiped out by the highest earners taking action to reduce their liabilities, analysis from the Scottish Government’s independent budget advisers has said.
5 Mar 18After a period of growth, are council reserves beginning to dip into the danger zone? PF’s Emily Twinch looks at where the pressures are and what is behind them.
23 Feb 18The Scottish Government has passed a budget giving public sector employees a pay rise and an extra £170m over the next year to local authorities.
22 Feb 18The total deficit of NHS providers had risen above £1bn by the end of 2017 following additional demand on accident & emergency services over the October-December period, according to...
21 Feb 18The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.
15 Feb 18New investment guidelines for councils have outlined a requirement for greater transparency.
2 Feb 18The rate at which right to buy discounts have been handed out in the past six years has sparked a social housing ‘firesale’, the Local Government Association has warned.
31 Jan 18CIPFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal to help boost public financial management in the Asian country.
26 Jan 18A new framework contract has been let to help funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme through the transition to pooled funds.
15 Jan 18Ministers have pledged that all public services will be protected following the demise of Carillion, a major contractor responsible for a host of buildings and services across the public sector.
15 Jan 18Councils across England are proposing to take advantage of the ability to raise council tax by a further 1%, Public Finance has found.
15 Jan 18The NHS Confederation has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation to provide objective evidence of what will be needed to finance health and care for the next 15 years.
10 Jan 18The National Audit Office has confirmed that it is already at work on examining the UK’s withdrawal payment from the European Union.
21 Dec 17The UK’s public sector borrowing is forecast to increase to £49.9bn during the current financial year, ending in March 2018, according to official figures.
20 Dec 17The Ministry of Defence will be left unable to complete its shopping list of new ships, aircraft and combat vehicles because of its inability to achieve efficiency savings, according to MPs.
20 Dec 17The Treasury’s Ali Uppal and Mario Pisani explain why they think the time is right for a review to improve balance sheet management.
18 Dec 17High Speed Rail 2’s £1.76m of unauthorised redundancy payments could have been avoided with tighter financial control, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
18 Dec 17A tool to held public procurers spot price fixing and bid rigging has been launched by the Competition & Markets Authority.
6 Dec 17The first Spring Statement will take place on 13 March 2018, chancellor Philip Hammond has announced.
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