The government has launched a consultation into the “long overdue” resetting of the business rates retention system to ensure funding is targeted at areas of greatest need.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to release an emergency bridging fund to reduce the impact of rising national insurance contributions on the care sector.

Michael Rees is head of financial consultancy, Sarah Reed is deputy direction of people solutions and Austen Morgan is workforce programme manager at NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support ...

The Local Audit Office will not be able to force councils to amend their accounts in response to auditor concerns, the government has confirmed following fears over the body’s independence and ...

Jeffrey Matsu is chief economist at CIPFA. With extensive experience in connecting policy with practice through evidence-based research, he works with partner governments, accountancy bodies and the ...

A few months before the Procurement Act 2023 went live at the end of February, we polled the public sector finance and spend leaders attending one of our webinars on how ready they felt for the ...

This is the 15th in the series of PF Perspectives, produced by CIPFA and Public Finance to stimulate discussion on key public finance and policy issues. These essays by public sector leaders and ...

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Peter Worth is managing director of Worth Technical Accounting Solutions Limited and a member of CIPFA’s Local Authority Accounting Panel and Pensions Advisory Network ...

A borough council more than £1bn in debt is failing its Best Value duties, according to the government, meaning it could see commissioners sent in to oversee improvement.

Noel Hepworth is the former director of CIPFA between 1980–1996 ...