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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   8 May 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Solace: councils need to ‘reclaim’ children’s services Councils have been urged to ‘reclaim’ children’s services provision from control by Whitehall departments and inspectors. The Society of Local Authority Chief Executives said authorities should use their democratic mandate to integrate provision across a range of services...       CIPFA NEWS Become an Ipsas specialist in Geneva or London CIPFA, EY and IASeminars jointly offer a comprehensive range of training courses on International Public Sector Accounting Standards (Ipsas) in selected countries around the world. CIPFA Audit Conference Last chance to book for the CIPFA Audit Conference, the leading audit event in the public sector calendar, offering strategic insight and practical support for those working in public sector audit. CIPFA Annual Conference The programme is now available for CIPFA’s 2014 annual conference, Risk, Resilience, Reform: Creating a Sustainable Future. The conference will bring together world-class speakers to discuss the challenges facing the public sector in a post-austerity world. CIPFA IT audit and information security update CIPFA’s annual seminar focuses on the latest IT audit and security issues together with support in planning and delivering an effective IT audit service. Join in the discussion at #ITauditcipfa. More CIPFA news     DISCUSSION Local government pension reform A review of the LGPS has ruled out fund mergers, but says £660m a year could be saved through greater use of common investment vehicles. Join CIPFA’s LinkedIn group to contribute to the discussion.     CIPFA PUBLICATIONS Financing energy projects Public sector bodies are increasingly seeing energy costs rise, which improves the financial attractiveness of projects aimed at reducing energy consumption. This publication looks at public sector energy schemes and their financing. More publications     CIPFA EVENTS May 14-15  CIPFA audit conference Hampshire More/book June 18 CIPFA IT audit and information security update Birmingham More/book June 24  CIPFA in Wales National Library of Wales tour and CPD event: recovering from the fire Aberystwyth More/book June 30 Creating conditions for growth through sound public finance and governance Liverpool More/book July 1-3  CIPFA annual conference London More/book     Click here to unsubscribe from this email