Government proposals to improve the coordination between different parts of the rail industry may make sense, but they are unlikely to be enough to drive real change
More pilots of full business rates retention have been announced, but it is difficult to see localisation as a sustainable funding model for local government
The year of 2016 saw many seismic changes, but ministers' approach to local government finance has remained the same. This has increased the risk that town hall’s two main revenue streams – council...
In 2016, Brexit and the NHS must have individually generated more column inches than anything else. But are enough people actually talking about Brexit and the NHS?
Chief finance officers are working in an increasingly uncertain but exciting and fast-changing world. We need diverse skills and strong professional networks to rise to the challenge
Significant progress has been made in implementing the government’s financial management review, but the Treasury and chancellor Philip Hammond need to build on what has been achieved to date
With rifts in cabinet and country over Brexit, and rumours about the chancellor being sidelined, questions are being asked over the size of the Treasury’s influence
Local authorities are bound by law to balance the books. If NHS trusts were charged with the same expectation, dependency on government handouts could be eliminated
In his first fiscal set piece, the new chancellor needed to paint a picture of a financially confident Britain but this was not an encouraging Autumn Statement
Philip Hammond’s announcements on housing and mayoral borrowing powers represent a welcome shift in policy. But social care’s absence from the chancellor’s speech is more worrying.
As many plans for council restructures are considered, the evidence shows basing plans on county boundaries would bring the greatest savings and support public sector reform
Ahead of addressing the CIPFA Wales conference later this month, Welsh Government cabinet secretary for finance Mark Drakeford sets out the challenges for public services posed by Brexit and...
