Register for our newsletter
Menu
Civil Service World

Register for
our newsletter

Register
Register
  • Home
  • News
    • Brexit
    • Civil Service Reform
    • Coronavirus
    • Security & Defence
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Energy & Environment
    • Foreign Affairs
    • Health & Social Care
    • Justice & Home Affairs
    • Leadership
    • Culture
    • Local & Devolved
    • Politics & Constitution
    • Transport
  • Comment
  • In Depth
  • Professions
    • Analysis
    • Commercial
    • Digital, Data & Technology
    • Operational Delivery
    • Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
    • HR
    • Legal
    • Project Delivery
    • Property & Estates
    • Communications
    • Finance
    • Economics
    • Planning
    • Science & Engineering
    • Statistics
    • Government Tax Profession
    • Internal Audit
    • Knowledge & Information Management
    • Medical
    • Policy
  • Counter Fraud Zone
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Watch On Demand
  • Resources
  • More
    • Permanent Secretaries Roundup
    • Public Sector Training Hub
    • Civil Service Awards
    • Write for us
    • e-Version
    • Commercial Opportunities
    • Newsletter registration
    • Podcasts
    • Contact Us
    • About CSW
    • Members Directory
Search
  • Analysis
  • Commercial
  • Digital, Data & Technology
  • Operational Delivery
  • Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
  • HR
  • Legal
  • Project Delivery
  • Property & Estates
  • Communications
  • Finance
  • Economics
  • Planning
  • Science & Engineering
  • Statistics
  • Government Tax Profession
  • Internal Audit
  • Knowledge & Information Management
  • Medical
  • Policy
    More

    Follow us:

    • Home
    • News
      • Brexit
      • Civil Service Reform
      • Coronavirus
      • Security & Defence
      • Economy
      • Education
      • Energy & Environment
      • Foreign Affairs
      • Health & Social Care
      • Justice & Home Affairs
      • Leadership
      • Culture
      • Local & Devolved
      • Politics & Constitution
      • Transport
    • Comment
    • In Depth
    • Professions
      • Analysis
      • Commercial
      • Digital, Data & Technology
      • Operational Delivery
      • Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
      • HR
      • Legal
      • Project Delivery
      • Property & Estates
      • Communications
      • Finance
      • Economics
      • Planning
      • Science & Engineering
      • Statistics
      • Government Tax Profession
      • Internal Audit
      • Knowledge & Information Management
      • Medical
      • Policy
    • Counter Fraud Zone
    • Events
      • Upcoming Events
      • Watch On Demand
    • Resources
    • More
      • Permanent Secretaries Roundup
      • Public Sector Training Hub
      • Civil Service Awards
      • Write for us
      • e-Version
      • Commercial Opportunities
      • Newsletter registration
      • Podcasts
      • Contact Us
      • About CSW
      • Members Directory

    Finance

    Keep up-to-date with the latest Finance news from Civil Service World
    Jeremy Hunt: I had to earn civil servants’ trust after Tom Scholar sacking
    17 Jul Finance

    Jeremy Hunt: I had to earn civil servants’ trust after Tom Scholar sacking

    Jeremy Hunt also speaks about the advice he gave to Wes Streeting and why he's not a fan of "mission-driven" government
    by Tevye Markson
    Reeves announces late-November Autumn Budget
    03 Sep Finance
    Reeves announces late-November Autumn Budget
    Spending Review 2025 recap: Here's everything you need to know
    04 Aug Finance
    Spending Review 2025 recap: Here's everything you need to know
    In conversation with… former Treasury perm sec Lord Terry Burns
    30 Jul Finance
    In conversation with… former Treasury perm sec Lord Terry Burns
    FCO details costliest embassy operations
    20 Feb 2017 Finance
    FCO details costliest embassy operations

    Departmental data release breaks down £583m spend on foreign outposts during 2015-16


    Cabinet secretary “threatened” drug companies with price caps to help NHS
    17 Feb 2017 Finance
    Cabinet secretary “threatened” drug companies with price caps to help NHS

    Report claims Sir Jeremy Heywood secured extra £250m for health service with ultimatum


    Old War Office cleared for conversion to hotel and flats
    16 Feb 2017 Finance
    Old War Office cleared for conversion to hotel and flats

    Westminster City Council approves proposals for Whitehall landmark despite heritage concerns


    Treasury is 'overbearing' and 'overstretched', warns Lord Kerslake – but review stops short of calling for break-up
    13 Feb 2017 Finance
    Treasury is "overbearing" and "overstretched", warns Lord Kerslake – but review stops short of calling for break-up

    Former head of the civil service's review for Labour says Treasury must "up its game" on financial expertise; do more to support regional growth; and stop "second guessing" departments


    MPs question Defra’s ability to handle Brexit after rural payments fiasco
    09 Feb 2017 Finance
    MPs question Defra’s ability to handle Brexit after rural payments fiasco

    Report on full impact of delays with Common Agricultural Policy funds distribution says UK taxpayers will be left with £642m in penalties 


    OBR report spotlights “next financial crisis” says Institute for Government
    20 Jan 2017 Finance
    OBR report spotlights “next financial crisis” says Institute for Government

    Think tank deputy director Julian McCrae says dealing with impact of the ageing society will be a dominant domestic task for Whitehall over the next 15 years



     


    Crown Commercial Service taking a slow and steady approach to meet its savings targets, MPs told
    19 Jan 2017 Finance
    Crown Commercial Service taking a slow and steady approach to meet its savings targets, MPs told

    The chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service has told the Public Accounts Committee that he would rather “take time to build a model that endures” than rush to increase the volume of services bought through and by his centralised procurement team


    HMRC not going back to private sector for tax credit checks after Concentrix row
    17 Jan 2017 Finance
    HMRC not going back to private sector for tax credit checks after Concentrix row

    Comes after supplier Concentrix "consistently failed to achieve more than half of its performance targets" during first year of its tax credit checks contract


    DfID’s under-fire cash transfer scheme delivers “strong value for money”, aid watchdog finds
    12 Jan 2017 Finance
    DfID’s under-fire cash transfer scheme delivers “strong value for money”, aid watchdog finds

    Scheme delivers strong value for money and has exceeded targets, Independent Commission for Aid Impact says, but officials could do more to help national governments improve the way cash is delivered


    Defiant NHS chief rejects government's health service funding claims
    12 Jan 2017 Finance
    Defiant NHS chief rejects government's health service funding claims

    Comments from NHS England chief executive prompt former Treasury permanent secretary Nick Macpherson to warn of a "bottomless pit" on health service funding


    Tributes paid to late Treasury permanent secretary Sir Douglas Wass
    06 Jan 2017 Finance
    Tributes paid to late Treasury permanent secretary Sir Douglas Wass

    Sir Nicholas Macpherson says his Treasury predecessor was "instrumental in pulling the country back from the brink in 1976"


    IfG report lauds Treasury’s Financial Management Reform programme
    09 Dec 2016 Finance
    IfG report lauds Treasury’s Financial Management Reform programme

    But think tank warns that ministers could jeopardise its success by scaling back resourcing or attempting to widen its scope too much



     


    DfID looks to step up contractor scrutiny after criticism
    08 Dec 2016 Finance
    DfID looks to step up contractor scrutiny after criticism

    Analysis by The Times finds fees paid to consultancy companies by the Department for International Development have risen sharply in the past year


    Autumn Statement 2016: Hammond loosens Osborne's £3.5bn efficiency drive – but departmental cuts plan remains
    23 Nov 2016 Finance
    Autumn Statement 2016: Hammond loosens Osborne's £3.5bn efficiency drive – but departmental cuts plan remains

    Spending Review 2015 plans "will remain in place", says the new chancellor – but departments will be able to reinvest some of their 2019/20 savings


    Autumn Statement 2016: Live coverage as Philip Hammond unveils Treasury plans
    23 Nov 2016 Finance
    Autumn Statement 2016: Live coverage as Philip Hammond unveils Treasury plans

    Live coverage of the build-up, announcements and reaction as chancellor Philip Hammond makes his first fiscal statement, via our colleagues on PoliticsHome.com


    Autumn Statement and Budget announcements suffer from “evidence gap”, says charity
    23 Nov 2016 Finance
    Autumn Statement and Budget announcements suffer from “evidence gap”, says charity

    Researchers warn about lack of transparency over evidence behind policies announced in big fiscal events


    Treasury must not 'micromanage' departments, say former civil service heads Kerslake and Butler
    22 Nov 2016 Finance
    Treasury must not "micromanage" departments, say former civil service heads Kerslake and Butler

    Former top officials warn against centralisation of power with the finance ministry on eve of chancellor Philip Hammond's first Autumn Statement


    Spending watchdog warns Department of Health over 'unsustainable' NHS finances
    22 Nov 2016 Finance
    Spending watchdog warns Department of Health over "unsustainable" NHS finances

    Government efficiency targets have only made the financial position of NHS bodies worse, warns the National Audit Office


    MPs to probe Defence Equipment and Support finances
    10 Nov 2016 Finance
    MPs to probe Defence Equipment and Support finances

    Public Accounts Committee move follows National Audit Office concerns over £434m “private sector support” and other costs in annual accounts


    Departments need clearer plans to cut fraud and error, says Public Accounts Committee
    04 Nov 2016 Finance
    Departments need clearer plans to cut fraud and error, says Public Accounts Committee

    Public Accounts Committee says Concentrix debacle highlights potential for error as Universal Credit rollout continues


    Treasury's Katharine Braddick steps up to become financial services director general
    24 Oct 2016 Finance
    Treasury's Katharine Braddick steps up to become financial services director general

    Financial services director moves upwards in the Treasury, and faces in-tray set to be dominated by the UK's decision to quit the European Union


    Treasury considers killing off Autumn Statements – report
    24 Oct 2016 Finance
    Treasury considers killing off Autumn Statements – report

    FT reports that the chancellor wants a tighter focus on the spring Budget to avoid policy gimmicks


    Richard Heaton: sorting out Ministry of Justice finances top of our agenda
    18 Oct 2016 Finance
    Richard Heaton: sorting out Ministry of Justice finances top of our agenda

    Justice permanent secretary tells MPs that “bearing down on the gap” between spending review targets and actual spending is the largest challenge for his officials, as he stands by the decision to implement spending controls that caused friction between department and prisons inspectorate


    Institute for Government questions Theresa May’s ability to deliver conference pledges
    06 Oct 2016 Finance
    Institute for Government questions Theresa May’s ability to deliver conference pledges

    Think-tank raises eyebrow at PM’s capacity to turn her Conservative Party Conference pledges into reality against backdrop of further belt-tightening and Brexit uncertainty


    • <<
    • <
    • 38
    • 39
    • 40
    • 41
    • 42
    • >
    • >>
    Exclusive insight into the world of the civil service
    Subscribe

    Access to:

    • Monthly magazines
    • Daily e-bulletins
    • Podcasts

    Register

    Close
    Sign up to the Civil Service World newsletter today!
    Find out more
    Follow us

    Registered in England & Wales under No. 07291783

    © Political Holdings Limited

    Quick Links
    • Home
    • News
    • Comment
    • In Depth
    • Professions
    • Events
    • White Papers
    • Commercial Opportunities
    • Contact Us
    Services
    • Media
    • Events
    • Training
    Media & Publishing
    • PoliticsHome
    • The Parliament
    • Holyrood
    • The House Magazine
    • PublicTechnology
    • Training Journal
    About Us
    • Total Politics Group
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions