Cities guru calls for more fiscal freedom

 

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   28 April 2014 | Public Finance Home | Contact us | Sign up         Cities guru calls for more fiscal freedom Increased fiscal devolution to cities is a ‘necessity’ to boost the growth rate of the UK, leading economist Jim O’Neill has told Public Finance. The chair of the City Growth Commission, established to develop a devolution blueprint for urban areas, said granting city authorities fiscal powers must be ‘top of the agenda’...       News Shared services ‘saved councils £350m last year’ Council shared service initiatives saved more than £350m in the last year as more town halls agreed to work together, Local Government Association figures have indicated... PASC makes call for ombudsman overhaul A committee of MPs has called on ministers to bring forward plans to create a single public services watchdog for England as part of reforms to the role of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman... Unison: police forces cutting community support jobs More than one in five police community support officer jobs in England have been cut since the coalition government came to power, a study of police numbers by Unison has revealed... Ditch single state pension age, says PwC People should be given a window of several years during which they can start receiving the state pension, consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers have suggested... More news     Public Finance International CIPFA launches PFM training partnership in Bangladesh CIPFA has joined with LCBS Dhaka, a major provider of accountancy education, to offer international public financial management training in Bangladesh... More international news     Opinion Wanted: local vision, by Graham Allen Labour leader Ed Miliband has made a start with proposals for enterprise and extra ministers for the regions, but a permanent shift of power out of Whitehall is needed... More opinion     Features Pensions reform: Steve Webb interview Annuities reform was the big ticket item in the chancellor’s Budget, but at what cost to the public purse? Judy Hirst talks to pensions minister Steve Webb about freedom, choice – and spending it all on a Lamborghini... More features     Chief Finance Officer Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner      £77,000 pa Senior Auditor Reed Finance  £35,000 - £45,000 pa Head of Internal Audit Kent County Council  £71,550 to £90,357 (plus market premium supplement for exceptional candidates) Clinical Auditor - Home Based (Training Bham) Capita Resourcing  £65,000 - £66,000.00 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