CIPFA manifesto

CIPFA Manifesto Calls for Major Public Services Debate

CIPFA is calling for an urgent debate on improving governance and financial management in the UK public services. It makes the case in the CIPFA Manifesto launched on Wednesday, 24 June at its Annual Conference in Manchester.

The CIPFA Manifesto, entitled Better Ideas, Better Public Services, sets out a series of the Institute's own ideas for improving openness and decision-making. Above all it focuses on the need for politicians to reinspire trust and confidence after the MPs' expenses debacle. read more...

other news

• New top-up MSc for CIPFA professionals
• Chief financial officer leadership role underlined
• Denham calls for radical thinking on £42 billion council procurement
• Consultation launched for new IFRS council accounting code
• CIPFA President Focuses on the Challenge to Restore Trust
• CIPFA Manifesto Calls for Major Public Services Debate

CIPFA regions

publications

• Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom 2009
• Pooled Budgets: A Practical Guide for Local Authorities and the National Health Service
• Publications Brochure 2009 [1Mb]

events

• Local Authority Housing Finance: The fundamentals for Social Housing finance practitioners
  10 July 2009 in Birmingham
• CIPFA IT Audit and Security Update 2009: Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)
  8-9 July in Birmingham
• Events Catalogue 2009 [10MB]