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12 Apr 19
Even dairy cows are getting a taste of the ‘smart’ century’s potential to reduce costs, improve quality and transform the way we live, but security and stewardship must be built in, says John...
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12 Apr 19
Benjamin Franklin might have had it right about the only certainties in life but that doesn’t mean the tax system can’t be improved, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
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11 Apr 19
Dementia is the UK’s biggest health concern, so how should the social care Green Paper address it? Paul Edwards of Dementia UK has some answers.
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11 Apr 19
We don’t consider how policy decisions affect women disproportionately, but giving councils fiscal flexibility can help to ease the pain, writes Bethanie Roughley.
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10 Apr 19
Local authorities need some funding certainty - especially around money intended to replace EU support, says Labour’s Andrew Gwynne.
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9 Apr 19
The ExtraCare Charitable Trust has more than 3,800 homes in retirement villages and developments across the Midlands and North of England. The charity’s head of Shirley Hall explains why...
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8 Apr 19
The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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5 Apr 19
Collaboration between the public sector and key providers such as construction groups can be used to create wider social value, says Bev Hurley of the Institute of Economic Development.
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4 Apr 19
Halting short prison sentences will ease a major crisis in our prisons, argues Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Wera Hobhouse.
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3 Apr 19
Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
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3 Apr 19
We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
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3 Apr 19
The health service needs resources allocated in the right places, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy.
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3 Apr 19
Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
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29 Mar 19
Assuming that, one way or another, at some point in the not too distant future, Brexit happens, the impact on the shape of government and public services will be huge, say Colin and Carole Talbot....
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27 Mar 19
Labour is right to identify outsourcing failures but its new policy risks creating more problems than it addresses, argues Institute for Government’s Tom Sasse.
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22 Mar 19
Our economy will be enhanced by the success of apprenticeships, says the Lib Dem spokesperson for business, enterprise and industrial strategy Chris Fox.
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21 Mar 19
Tax changes in Scotland is just one of the topics on the agenda at this year’s Public Finance Live Scotland conference, explains CIPFA’s Don Peebles.
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20 Mar 19
The public sector must be prepared for the risks or not entertain outsourcing at all, says consultant John Tizard.
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19 Mar 19
The government needs to improve its post-Brexit plans for attracting talent to the UK, says think-tank Bright Blue’s director Ryan Shorthouse.
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19 Mar 19
Sharon Renouf and Virginia Cooper, partners at law firm Bevan Brittan, give some advice to local authorities with Interserve contracts on what to do now.
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15 Mar 19
Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
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14 Mar 19
Public services will have to continue to cope until funding decisions are announced in the Spending Review, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ director Paul Johnson.
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14 Mar 19
The Spring Statement gave a hint the chancellor may be rethinking fiscal objectives, says chief economist at the Institute for Government Gemma Tetlow.
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13 Mar 19
Promises made in the Spring Statement hinge around avoiding a no deal Brexit, which seems fairly optimistic at this point, says New Philanthropy Capital chief executive Dan Corry.
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11 Mar 19
A budget committee could add another valuable level of scrutiny to the spend of public money, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
12 Apr 19Even dairy cows are getting a taste of the ‘smart’ century’s potential to reduce costs, improve quality and transform the way we live, but security and stewardship must be built in, says John...
12 Apr 19Benjamin Franklin might have had it right about the only certainties in life but that doesn’t mean the tax system can’t be improved, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
11 Apr 19Dementia is the UK’s biggest health concern, so how should the social care Green Paper address it? Paul Edwards of Dementia UK has some answers.
11 Apr 19We don’t consider how policy decisions affect women disproportionately, but giving councils fiscal flexibility can help to ease the pain, writes Bethanie Roughley.
10 Apr 19Local authorities need some funding certainty - especially around money intended to replace EU support, says Labour’s Andrew Gwynne.
9 Apr 19The ExtraCare Charitable Trust has more than 3,800 homes in retirement villages and developments across the Midlands and North of England. The charity’s head of Shirley Hall explains why...
8 Apr 19The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
5 Apr 19Collaboration between the public sector and key providers such as construction groups can be used to create wider social value, says Bev Hurley of the Institute of Economic Development.
4 Apr 19Halting short prison sentences will ease a major crisis in our prisons, argues Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Wera Hobhouse.
3 Apr 19Debate about levels of council tax is doomed to go nowhere unless we consider what we’re willing to pay for services and how, says the Local Government Information Unit’s Jonathan Carr-West.
3 Apr 19We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
3 Apr 19The health service needs resources allocated in the right places, says CIPFA’s Eleanor Roy.
3 Apr 19Today marks one year since the Homelessness Reducation Act came into force. John Glenton from The Riverside Group housing association suggests how councils can meet their duties under this act....
29 Mar 19Assuming that, one way or another, at some point in the not too distant future, Brexit happens, the impact on the shape of government and public services will be huge, say Colin and Carole Talbot....
27 Mar 19Labour is right to identify outsourcing failures but its new policy risks creating more problems than it addresses, argues Institute for Government’s Tom Sasse.
22 Mar 19Our economy will be enhanced by the success of apprenticeships, says the Lib Dem spokesperson for business, enterprise and industrial strategy Chris Fox.
21 Mar 19Tax changes in Scotland is just one of the topics on the agenda at this year’s Public Finance Live Scotland conference, explains CIPFA’s Don Peebles.
19 Mar 19The government needs to improve its post-Brexit plans for attracting talent to the UK, says think-tank Bright Blue’s director Ryan Shorthouse.
19 Mar 19Sharon Renouf and Virginia Cooper, partners at law firm Bevan Brittan, give some advice to local authorities with Interserve contracts on what to do now.
15 Mar 19Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
14 Mar 19Public services will have to continue to cope until funding decisions are announced in the Spending Review, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ director Paul Johnson.
14 Mar 19The Spring Statement gave a hint the chancellor may be rethinking fiscal objectives, says chief economist at the Institute for Government Gemma Tetlow.
13 Mar 19Promises made in the Spring Statement hinge around avoiding a no deal Brexit, which seems fairly optimistic at this point, says New Philanthropy Capital chief executive Dan Corry.
11 Mar 19A budget committee could add another valuable level of scrutiny to the spend of public money, says CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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