IDS: welfare reform delivering ‘social recovery’

 

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 August 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         IDS: welfare reform delivering ‘social recovery’ Iain Duncan Smith will today defend the government’s welfare reforms by insisting that measures including the introduction of a £26,000 benefit cap are ensuring a ‘social recovery’ in the UK alongside an economic one. The coalition’s changes are helping people who had been ‘left on the sidelines’ back into work, he will say...       News Pickles launches consultation on garden city plan A consultation on creating a development corporation responsible for delivering a garden city of up to 15,000 homes in Ebbsfleet has been launched by local government secretary Eric Pickles today... Minister orders review of firefighters’ conditions Fire minister Penny Mordaunt has launched an independent review of firefighters’ terms and conditions as the Fire Brigades Union hold a series of strikes in a lengthy dispute over pensions... Whitehall scheme to tackle project management flaws A programme to develop civil servants’ project management skills has been established by the Cabinet Office as part of government moves to improve the performance of major taxpayer-funded schemes... UK Aid to match public donations for Gaza relief The UK will match the next £2m of public donations to support the civilians caught up in the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced... More news     Public Finance International UN: better tax collection would boost Asia Pacific Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific should strengthen their tax collection regimes in order to combat continually flagging economic growth, the United Nations has suggested... More international news     Opinion Beware arts funding cuts, by Claire Mansfield Cutting arts and culture budgets might be a tempting quick fix for cash-strapped councils, but slashing spending in these areas could damage an area’s economic and social value, shoring up bigger problems in the long term... More opinion     Senior Accountant Peterborough City Council £32,072 - £35,784 pa Group Accountant – Housing Revenue Account Stevenage Borough Council £43,430 - £45,955 pa plus market rate supplement for exceptional candidates Head of Accounts Payable & Reconciliations (AP&R) City of London £50,700 to £57,970 pa inclusive of Inner London Weighting (depending on experience) Finance & Performance Analyst Ofgem £31,500 - £38,600 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