Barclays is unlikely to have acted alone in its manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate and there is ‘a lot more to come’, according to the former deputy governor of the Bank of England,...
The head of the civil service told the conference that the involvement of CIPFA members will be crucial to maintaining public services as the spending cuts begin to bite.
A summary of the Whole of Government Accounts for 2010/11 is due to be published next week and the full audited accounts in October, the Treasury official responsible revealed yesterday
People might have to pay for some NHS services once the health and social care systems are integrated, the deputy director of the Reform think-tank told CIPFA conference delegates
A continuing rise in the UK deficit could increase government borrowing costs if bond markets fear the coalition is ‘losing control’, journalist Paul Mason told CIPFA’s annual conference today.
The public’s desire to simultaneously have lower taxes and better public services is just one example of the ‘broken political discourse’ that needs urgently to be addressed, RSA chief executive...
The quality of government reporting, auditing and financial management is the biggest challenge facing the public finance profession right now, the new CIPFA president told the conference this...
The finance function in the public sector is being held back by a lack of skills and resources, a survey by consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has found.
Competition between exam boards in England creates ‘significant pressure’ to lower GCSE and A-level standards, the Commons education select committee said today.
The World Bank is ‘well positioned’ to meet future demands although it lent 8% less in 2011/12 than the previous year, according to former president Robert Zoellick.
The 2012 CIPFA conference begins in Liverpool this week. Speakers include Newsnight’s economics editor Paul Mason, campaigner and TV producer Phil Redmond.
The first three powers devolved under the 2012 Scotland Act come into force today, when Holyrood takes charge of drink/drive laws, road speed limits and air gun regulation.
More than £150m could be saved annually if the firm that owns Britain’s railways was brought into full public ownership, according to a report published today.
A cross-government approach is needed to tackle the lower literacy standards achieved by boys and to close the ‘reading gender gap’, MPs and peers said today.
Police forces in England and Wales have largely ‘risen to the challenge’ of maintaining services at a time of public spending cuts, the Inspectorate of Constabulary said today.
Public service reforms will make governance issues a priority in audit and inspection, Accounts Commission chair John Baillie has told Public Finance.
Council chief executives made redundant as a result of shared services should not receive 'massive' pay-offs, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has said.
Eurozone leaders last night agreed to use the single currency bloc’s bailout funds to recapitalise struggling banks directly instead of channelling the money through governments.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life has warned that many local authorities are not ready for the new standards regime that takes effect for councillors next week.
Overall health spending in the world’s leading economies stagnated in 2010 and early indications suggest little or no growth in 2011, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said...
