Long-term stability ‘crucial to LGPS reforms’

 

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   21 May 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Long-term stability ‘crucial to LGPS reforms’ Proposed reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme must ensure long-term stability as well cost savings, the National Association of Pension Funds has said. Responding to the consultation on LGPS changes, the NAPF said they must meet three key principles: value; flexibility; and a long-term approach...       News Next government ‘should ditch debt target’ The next government should not repeat the coalition’s use of a fiscal target based on reducing public sector debt, but instead base rules only on a five-year target for borrowing, two leading economists have said... Unison members stage pay protests Local government and school staff are to hold protests across the country today as trade union Unison steps up its campaign against the pay offer made by council employers... Co-production could save billions, says choice guru Involving users in public service delivery could unlock billions of pounds in savings, a report by the government’s reviewer of public service choice has concluded... PAC warns on pace of probation privatisation The Ministry of Justice’s plan to outsource probation services carries ‘significant risks’ because it attempts to do too much at once, the Public Accounts Committee has warned... More news     Public Finance International ADB approves $350m for skills training in Bangladesh The Asian Development Bank will lend $350m to Bangladesh to help it scale up skills training for more than one million young people... More international news     Opinion GCSEs: a Welsh fiasco, by M Prowle and T Mackie The recent GCSE grading controversy is the latest in a series of calamities afflicting the Welsh Government. Yet criticism from the public, media and unions has been muted, suggesting that we need a more inquiring attitude in Wales... Child protection: not for sale, by John Tizard Some areas of public service delivery are simply too sensitive and high-risk to consider as candidates for outsourcing. Child protection is one of them... More opinion     Management Accountant/ Business Partner Hudson  £220 - £230 per day Financial Services Manager Hudson  £50,000 pa Senior Schools Finance Advisor London Borough of Croydon Grade 14 £40,188 - £42,027 pa Finance Business Partner Bristol City Council  £50,226- £54,047 pa 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