Lack of council tax revaluation ‘absurd’, says IFS head

 

If you can't see the Public Finance Daily email below click here to view the web version   News and comment from Public Finance - the official magazine of CIPFA   14 May 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Lack of council tax revaluation ‘absurd’, says IFS head The coalition government has been told by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that its failure to carry out a revaluation of property values for the purposes of levying council tax is ‘increasingly absurd’. IFS director Paul Johnson said the coalition had ‘followed in the pusillanimous steps of its predecessors’ by failing to revalue properties...       News Letwin: government only at start of integration agenda The government is only in the ‘foothills’ of reforms to integrate public spending across services in a bid to get ‘more for less’, policy minister Oliver Letwin has said... Unemployment falls to five-year low The headline rate of unemployment fell to 6.8% in the three months to March, according to official figures... CIPFA joins health and social care integration drive CIPFA has joined forces with the Healthcare Financial Managers Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services to discuss what their members can do to progress the integration of health and social care... Kelly named head of public spending and finance Julian Kelly has been appointed director general of public spending and finance in the Treasury after the post was created following the government’s Financial Management Review, it was announced... More news     Public Finance International Lagarde urges Arab world to boost public investment The Arab world should increase public investment to create jobs and boost economic growth and fairness, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said... More international news     Opinion The great LEP forward? By Paul Hackett A Labour government is likely to reinvent regional development agencies through a revamped and super-charged network of local enterprise partnerships. But the key to future success will lie more with the funding of LEPs than their governance... Privatisation: there is an alternative, by John Perry Public corporations are a sensible alternative to the use of privatised suppliers. But they are being held back by an outdated reputation and weird accounting rules... New age of the machines, by John Thornton The Internet of Things appears to offer huge potential for the public sector but do we understand the opportunities, let alone the risks? More opinion     Senior Accountant London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham  P01-P04, £31,464 - £40,911 pa Team Administrator and Co-ordinator Hudson  £18 - £25 per hour IFRS Audit Specialist Reed Finance £42,000 - £50,000 pa Trustees with investment and financial experience Stroke Association  Voluntary More public finance jobs Jobs: South East Jobs: North West Jobs: East Mid. Jobs: West Mid. More regions CIPFA Publications Events     Click here to unsubscribe from this email