Public sector chief finance officers will be expected to sign up to a new ‘comply or explain’ best practice statement from CIPFA, the head of the government finance profession told delegates.
BBC director general Mark Thompson used his CIPFA conference address to announce a series of measures intended to make the broadcaster one of the most transparent organisations in the public sector.
The Conservatives will not set out their public spending plans because they ‘haven’t seen the books’, shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond told Public Finance at the CIPFA conference...
England’s rivers, lakes and canals are to get a facelift through new government funding. Environment minister Huw Irranca-Davies said an extra £10m would be invested over the next year in improving...
Maternity services across Wales show unacceptable variations, the Wales Audit Office has found. The spending watchdog said a significant minority of women did not feel they were treated with dignity...
The Audit Commission is to take on twice as many new graduates as last year as an investment in the future, while many private sector firms are cutting trainee numbers.
The government’s Parliamentary Standards Bill, which is being rushed through Parliament before the summer recess on July 21, is not the way to clean up public life, leading standards experts say.
A parliamentary committee has urged the Scottish Government to spend up to £170m annually over the next ten years to cut energy demand and fuel poverty across Scotland.
News that part of the rail network is to return to the public sector has been greeted as the ‘last chance’ for rail franchises by one leading transport expert.
It was a good week for those who prefer their public services to be run by the state. Not only did the government announce it was taking over the East Coast Main Line rail franchise, but ministers...
Essex County Council’s selection of a preferred bidder for a major outsourcing deal may not be legal or ‘sensible’ amid uncertainty over the scope of the contract, a leading specialist has said
Plans for sweeping reforms for schools in England have divided education experts and professionals over whether they would lead to a less centralised system and higher standards
MPs have said patient safety is not being given a high enough priority in the NHS and that about one in ten patients is harmed as a result of hospital treatment, despite a decade of government...
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has revealed a package of education reforms, including a ‘licence to teach’ and guaranteed entitlements for parents and pupils
