Cuts to working-age welfare could undo progress made in closing the gap in living standards between different ethnic groups in Britain, the Resolution Foundation has warned.
A lack of funding together with an unwillingness to change is holding back the adoption of technology in local government, according to a survey of council employees.
Whitehall has called on software firms to provide updated programmes to local councils so they can grant new levels of business rate relief to small businesses.
CIPFA has called on local government to be alert for five warning signs of financial stress and has set out how it can build resilience into plans and operations.
Information technology is set to amplify the evidence base used for approaches like results-based budgeting to an unprecedented degree, EY’s global public financial management leader has told...
Sevenoaks, overall winner at the Public Finance Innovation Awards, is the first district council to become financially self‑sufficient. How did it do this?
Public money is being wasted because a government body set up to buy common goods and services centrally has delivered disappointing results, the Committee of Public Accounts says today.
The UK faces the prospect of failing public services and breached spending controls unless urgent action is taken, the Institute for Government and CIPFA have warned.
The Prudential Code, which guides local authorities’ capital borrowing, is no longer fit for purpose in Scotland’s changed economic and fiscal climate and should be replaced by a shared system of...
Northern Ireland’s first minister Arlene Foster is under fire following claims about the mismanagement of a scheme designed to promote the use of renewable energy.
Scotland’s local government watchdog has reiterated concerns about the finances of East Dunbartonshire Council and warned the authority is not on schedule to make the £27.6m in savings it needs in...
A survey of public sector finance chiefs has found that harnessing the potential of technology to improve performance will be a top strategic priority over the next five years.
The UK is heading for a £14.9bn deficit by 2019-20 instead of the £10.4bn surplus projected at the last Budget, according to an analysis of the public finances by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Chancellor Philip Hammond faces a sharp deterioration in the public finances in his Autumn Statement, but could still increase investment if he delivers his promised fiscal ‘reset’, the...
