Public servants must look beyond national borders and election cycles to meet the challenges of globalisation, the CIPFA conference heard from EY’s Uschi Schreiber.
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee has called for an examination into the future of public audit following the abolition of the Audit Commission.
Spending cuts being imposed on councils mean that the statutory duties placed on town halls will need to be revisited, delegates at the CIPFA conference have heard.
There is little appetite among voters to pay higher taxes to support public services, and other options will be needed to pay for local government and the NHS in future, the CIPFA conference has...
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CIPFA’s annual Tom Sowerby award for outstanding service to student education has been won by Paul Simpson, director of finance and procurement at Nottinghamshire County Council.
Local government staff need to engage in more ‘measured risk taking’, London Borough of Lewisham chief executive Barry Quirk has told today's CIPFA conference.
The austerity that followed the recession only hastened a crisis in public finances that would have happened anyway, polling expert Peter Kellner told the CIPFA conference.
The economic recovery has been led by household consumption but a ‘frothy’ housing market and poor trade and productivity statistics raise questions over long-term sustainability, CIPFA’s annual...
CIPFA president Mike Owen has urged political parties to avoid tempting voters with short-term policies at next May’s general election, but instead plan and budget for the medium to long term.
Labour has pledged to reverse a ‘century of centralisation’ in the control of public spending after backing a review by former Cabinet minister Lord Adonis that calls for more than £30bn to be...
Three local government trade unions are to strike on July 10 after members of Unite voted to join Unison and the GMB in taking action in a dispute over pay.
The Treasury should produce and publish an assessment of the long-term affordability of consumer bills across all utility sectors, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
Long-term public spending plans are needed to help integrate local service provision, a senior figure involved in implementing the coalition’s flagship Community Budgets programme has said.
Scotland’s public service funding gap is likely to be smaller than the UK’s if the country becomes independent in 2016/17, an analysis by CIPFA has found.
All families should be given government help towards their childcare costs in a bid to encourage more mothers back to work, according to recommendations from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
There is public support for a merger of income tax and National Insurance to end the ‘misleading’ distinction between the rates, accountants PwC have found.
Councils in England face a £5.8bn funding gap over the next two years, and spending on adult social will tip councils into financial crisis if reforms are not successful, the Local Government...
Councils in England face a £5.8bn funding gap over the next two years, and spending on adult social will tip councils into financial crisis if reforms are not successful, the Local Government...
The National Audit Office has criticised the government for awarding £16.6bn worth of contracts for eight renewable energy generation projects without a competition.
More than two-thirds of councils and housing associations say new requirements to include social value measures in procurement contracts have improved services and cut costs, according to research...
