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Watch highlights from CIPFA and HM Treasury symposium
 Highlights from last week's CIPFA and HM Treasury World Class Performance Symposium: New Thinking for New Times are now available to watch online.
The videos include speeches from Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize-winning economist and chair of the UN Commission on the global financial crisis, Sir Ian Blair, former Metropolitan Police Commissioner, and Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA.
The event explored the new thinking, skills and resilience that leaders in public finance and the public services will need to deliver successful services through the substantial cuts in funding expected over the coming years. |
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Do not cut Wales’ budget, says former Permanent Secretary
Writing in CIPFA’s Public Money & Management journal Sir Jon Shortridge, former Permanent Secretary in Wales argues against reductions to the Welsh Assembly’s budget. The March edition of the journal focuses on UK devolution and public services.To find out how to subscribe click here. |
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Securing the Future: Fiscal Responsibility in the New Economic Age
Limited places are being offered to CIPFA members to this ICAEW event on 2 March in London. Speakers include Francis Maude MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, Andrew Baigent, Director General at the National Audit Office, and David Riley, Managing Director of Sovereigns and International Public Finance at Fitch Ratings. Request a place by emailing policysummits2010@icaew.com. |
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Under Pressure: the financial challenge of an ageing population
Read a new report published on the Improvement Network, which examines the challenges faced by local councils in meeting the needs of the ageing population. The study makes strategic and financial management recommendations, and provides 'challenge and review questions' to help councils assess how well they are responding. |
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This week in Public Finance: Tales of the unprotected
Safeguarding the budgets of health and education could leave unprotected public services facing cuts of up to 50%. Wouldn’t it be fairer to plug the fiscal hole by ‘salami-slicing’ the whole lot, asks Tony Travers.
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