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23 Apr 18
Are public sector finance leaders ‘digital ready’? That was the question considered at a recent CIPFA-Eduserv round table. Debate chair Jos Creese reports back.
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19 Apr 18
A second round of councils began piloting so-called 100% rates retention this month. Neil Amin-Smith and David Phillips from the Institute for Fiscal Studies look at the financial implications of the...
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18 Apr 18
The chaos ensuring from the government’s treatment of the Windrush generation of Caribbean citizens shows that it’s time for a thorough rethink of immigration policy, says Russell Hargrave.
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18 Apr 18
Is it time to be less territorial over where public finance resources are budgeted? asks CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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12 Apr 18
Devolving control over all taxes, rates, fees and charges would equip local authorities to meet financial challenges head on, says Alison Payne of Reform Scotland.
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10 Apr 18
The government must tackle the high turnover of care staff to achieve a more sustainable care system, says the National Audit Office’s Michael Burke.
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9 Apr 18
With its show-stopping technology at the Winter Olympics, South Korea offers some lessons for a post-Brexit Britain, says John Thornton.
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6 Apr 18
It’s not sustainable to keep setting stretching financial targets for the NHS. What the health service needs is some honest dialogue about the current state of play, says Adam Wright of NHS Providers.
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4 Apr 18
With Sajid Javid paving the way for a small number of local authority restructures, the debate on council mergers has arisen once more. Solace’s Piali Das Gupta here gives a few...
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3 Apr 18
Outsourcing needs more than a refresh and rebrand, argues John Tizard. A pause to collect some evidence is urgently required.
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27 Mar 18
CIPFA’s Jo Pitt looks at the direction of travel for local government retention of business rates and what to expect over the coming months.
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20 Mar 18
Council tax is no longer fit for purpose and should be replaced with a system that is fairer both across and within generations, says Adam Corlett of the Resolution Foundation.
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20 Mar 18
All colleagues in the public sector need to get involved in harnessing the benefits technology for a positive change, says CIPFA’s president Andrew Burns.
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19 Mar 18
The government’s planning framework overhaul does not go quite far enough in fostering better co-operation between counties and districts in their respective strategic planning roles, says the...
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19 Mar 18
With dementia becoming more prevalent, could ‘smart’ or even everyday home technology help people maintain their quality of life? asks John Thornton.
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19 Mar 18
Finance professionals are being asked for their views on a new means of scrutinising place-based public services, says Ed Hammond
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15 Mar 18
Bid rigging and running cartels are illegal, secretive activites that can prove expensive to the public purse. Heena Mistry explains how to spot them.
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14 Mar 18
The chancellor was right to celebrate a rosier economic outlook in the Spring Statement but must make spending on public services his priority going forward, says Reform's Alexander Hitchcock. ...
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14 Mar 18
This year's Spring Statement was a ‘non-event’ and showed the chancellor is still trapped in a ‘reactive spending cycle’ - next year's Spending Review is his chance to change all that, says the...
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14 Mar 18
CIPFA is seeking an override to protect council taxpayers from historic decisions arising from changes to an accounting standard.
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13 Mar 18
Local authorities are running out of cash fast and saying they may get more in the autumn Budget is not helping them, says LGIU's Jonathan Carr-West.
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13 Mar 18
Despite some improvements to the economic forecasts, the overall outlook is still gloomy, says Dan Corry.
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12 Mar 18
Last week members of the House of Lords International Relations Committee concluded tech firms were negatively affecting our society and questioned whether a ‘different regulatory...
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5 Mar 18
Councils must remember keeping ‘reasonable’ levels of rainy day reserves are vital in helping them stay afloat during these times of financial constraint, says CIPFA's Rob Whiteman....
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1 Mar 18
Allowing local authorities to retain business rates exposes them to risk if revenues fall. Neil Amin-Smith of the IFS considers how this risk might play out between county and district councils - and...
23 Apr 18Are public sector finance leaders ‘digital ready’? That was the question considered at a recent CIPFA-Eduserv round table. Debate chair Jos Creese reports back.
19 Apr 18A second round of councils began piloting so-called 100% rates retention this month. Neil Amin-Smith and David Phillips from the Institute for Fiscal Studies look at the financial implications of the...
18 Apr 18The chaos ensuring from the government’s treatment of the Windrush generation of Caribbean citizens shows that it’s time for a thorough rethink of immigration policy, says Russell Hargrave.
18 Apr 18Is it time to be less territorial over where public finance resources are budgeted? asks CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
12 Apr 18Devolving control over all taxes, rates, fees and charges would equip local authorities to meet financial challenges head on, says Alison Payne of Reform Scotland.
10 Apr 18The government must tackle the high turnover of care staff to achieve a more sustainable care system, says the National Audit Office’s Michael Burke.
9 Apr 18With its show-stopping technology at the Winter Olympics, South Korea offers some lessons for a post-Brexit Britain, says John Thornton.
6 Apr 18It’s not sustainable to keep setting stretching financial targets for the NHS. What the health service needs is some honest dialogue about the current state of play, says Adam Wright of NHS Providers.
4 Apr 18With Sajid Javid paving the way for a small number of local authority restructures, the debate on council mergers has arisen once more. Solace’s Piali Das Gupta here gives a few...
3 Apr 18Outsourcing needs more than a refresh and rebrand, argues John Tizard. A pause to collect some evidence is urgently required.
27 Mar 18CIPFA’s Jo Pitt looks at the direction of travel for local government retention of business rates and what to expect over the coming months.
20 Mar 18Council tax is no longer fit for purpose and should be replaced with a system that is fairer both across and within generations, says Adam Corlett of the Resolution Foundation.
20 Mar 18All colleagues in the public sector need to get involved in harnessing the benefits technology for a positive change, says CIPFA’s president Andrew Burns.
19 Mar 18The government’s planning framework overhaul does not go quite far enough in fostering better co-operation between counties and districts in their respective strategic planning roles, says the...
19 Mar 18With dementia becoming more prevalent, could ‘smart’ or even everyday home technology help people maintain their quality of life? asks John Thornton.
19 Mar 18Finance professionals are being asked for their views on a new means of scrutinising place-based public services, says Ed Hammond
15 Mar 18Bid rigging and running cartels are illegal, secretive activites that can prove expensive to the public purse. Heena Mistry explains how to spot them.
14 Mar 18The chancellor was right to celebrate a rosier economic outlook in the Spring Statement but must make spending on public services his priority going forward, says Reform's Alexander Hitchcock. ...
14 Mar 18This year's Spring Statement was a ‘non-event’ and showed the chancellor is still trapped in a ‘reactive spending cycle’ - next year's Spending Review is his chance to change all that, says the...
14 Mar 18CIPFA is seeking an override to protect council taxpayers from historic decisions arising from changes to an accounting standard.
13 Mar 18Local authorities are running out of cash fast and saying they may get more in the autumn Budget is not helping them, says LGIU's Jonathan Carr-West.
13 Mar 18Despite some improvements to the economic forecasts, the overall outlook is still gloomy, says Dan Corry.
12 Mar 18Last week members of the House of Lords International Relations Committee concluded tech firms were negatively affecting our society and questioned whether a ‘different regulatory...
5 Mar 18Councils must remember keeping ‘reasonable’ levels of rainy day reserves are vital in helping them stay afloat during these times of financial constraint, says CIPFA's Rob Whiteman....
1 Mar 18Allowing local authorities to retain business rates exposes them to risk if revenues fall. Neil Amin-Smith of the IFS considers how this risk might play out between county and district councils - and...
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