Mario Pisani and Neeraj Patel from the Treasury talk about their department and the Bank of England’s revamped working relationship, which aims to ensure the Bank is more resilient to...
NHS providers racked up a deficit of just under £1bn in 2017-18. The King’s Fund’s Richard Murray looks at how much the prime minister’s 3.4% real-terms growth a year- announced in June - will go...
Effective risk management drives good decision making, but there should be a greater focus on the quality of discussions than the quality of documents, says audit manager Gurpreet Dulay.
Public private partnerships need to be managed actively and effectively throughout the life of the contract if value is to be realised, says Morag Baird of the Global Infrastructure Hub
The role of local government is changing. Commercialisation is now a necessary response to funding cuts and a new freedom to take risks, says Zurich’s Andrew Jepp
The challenges facing local government pension schemes may overlap, but need not be insurmountable, writes Tiffany Tsang of the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
While there is a desire to continue providing international aid, it is important the EU and UK do not reduce their Official Development Assistance because of Brexit, say campaigners Nasim Salad and...
While they can’t magic away risk or conjure up resources, effective audit committees are essential for local authority success, says CIPFA governance adviser Diana Melville.
Sustainable Transformation Plans are shrouded in secrecy and the government is ‘selling the family silver’ without a thought for the long-term consequences. So says Meg Hillier, chair of the Public...
Investing in public health pays off down the line. As the government seeks to restore NHS funding it cannot also ignore this vital policy area, argues David Finch.
Trust, security and expectations are the big three issues that will face the public sector in a digital future, not to mention the inevitable debate over monetising data, says Andrew...
Public-private partnerships have a chequered history, but as the only way forward for infrastructure projects we need to make them work, says former home secretary Charles Clarke.
Two years on from the vote to leave the European Union, members of CIPFA’s Advisory Commission for Public Services were asked what one thing they want Brexit to deliver. Here’s what they said:
The outlook for adult social care is still potentially bleak, predicts the IFS’s Polly Simpson, with the sector’s sustainability linked to elements outside government control - the performance of the...
Local authorities need government funding to help them make a success of the act recently brought in to prevent and reduce homelessness, says the LGiU’s Andrew Walker.
Budget holders may be unable or even unwilling to accept they have financial reponsibilities. There are several ways to address this, says CIPFA’s Lisa Forster.
