Surrey County Council has asked the government to write off £1bn of debt ahead of possible reorganisation. © 2024 Public Finance. Public Finance is published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of ...

Local authorities must learn from failings that allowed a £1m fraud to go undetected for almost two decades, Scotland’s public spending watchdog has said.

Bus provision was cut between 2011 and 2023 at a rate 10 times higher in the most deprived areas of England compared with the least deprived, according to the IPPR North think-tank.

Sarah Lafond is an economics analyst at The Heath Foundation think-tank ...

Wirral Council is seeking an emergency government bailout after auditors warned that a deficit of over £26m and scant reserves place the authority in a “critical” financial situation.

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 ...

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 ...

Margaret Steward is policy and projects officer at health body NHS Providers ...

Public Finance is published by Redactive Media Group on behalf of CIPFA, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. It provides news, analysis, opinion and insight to help public finance ...

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 ...

Robert Pickersgill is a CIPFA fellow, fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and deputy lead governor at North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust. Peter Noble is a retired consultant ...