Whole of Government Accounts for 2012/13 qualified

 

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   11 June 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Whole of Government Accounts qualified again The National Audit Office has qualified the Whole of Government Accounts for the fourth successive year over concerns with the quality and consistency of data. Auditor general Amyas Morse expressed concern that bodies such as Network Rail and further education institutions were excluded from the accounts for 2012/13...       News Public sector employment falls to 16-year low The number of people working in the public sector has fallen to its lowest level in 16 years after the part-privatisation of Lloyds Banking Group led to nearly 100,000 posts being reclassified in the first quarter of this year... Councils call for powers to help NEET youngsters Almost all young people could be either in work or learning by the end of the decade if councils were allowed to lead on youth unemployment schemes, the Local Government Association has claimed... Coalition ‘has made £14bn in efficiency savings’ The Cabinet Office’s Efficiency and Reform Group has helped Whitehall departments to save more than £14bn since 2009/10, ministers have said... PAC urges review of academy spending decisions MPs have called on the government to tackle conflicts of interest in spending decisions taken in academies after finding some transactions may have benefited individuals with connections to the institutions... More news     Public Finance International World Bank cuts growth forecast for developing world Developing countries are headed for a third consecutive year of disappointing growth following a weak start to the year, the World Bank said as it cut its forecast for 2014... More international news     Opinion Deconstructing the wages data, by Laura Gardiner Today’s labour market statistics show wages falling on all measures. But the picture is blurred by bonuses and the expansion of self-employment... NHS reform: the next shift-change, by Chris Ham The government’s NHS reforms were meant to devolve power away from Whitehall. In practice the health service remains one of the most centralised in the world. Bottom-up change is urgently needed... Confused about efficiency savings? By Julian McCrae Is the £14.3bn worth of of savings announced by the government’s efficiency and reform programme a good or bad thing? It depends which way you look at it... More opinion     Group Manager Financial Services Dacorum Borough Council  Up to £62,720 (inclusive of lease car allowance and London fringe weighting) Deputy Chief Finance Officer West Midlands Office for Policing and Crime  £35,989 - £39,328 pa Senior Auditor East Sussex County Council  £29,740 - £32,124 pa Specialist ‎Organisational Design and Costing EPO  €4,200-€8,000 per month, depending on experience 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