England to see lowest Council Tax rise in history

Council Tax in England will rise this year by the smallest amount since the tax was introduced in 1993, according to this year’s CIPFA Council Tax survey. The survey, carried out in conjunction with the BBC, shows that England will see a rise in the 2010/11 Band D average bill of 1.8% to £1,438.72.

Explaining the significance of the figures on Radio 4’s Today programme, Ian Carruthers, CIPFA's Policy and Technical Director, said ‘The 1.8% rise demonstrates that local politicians have heeded the steer from central government to avoid large increases’.

CIPFA named 'Accountancy Body of the Year'
CIPFA is proud to have been named 'Accountancy Body of the Year' by voters in the PQ Magazine awards 2010.

Make your mark: CIPFA Council elections
CIPFA members have until Friday 5 March to make their nominations in the CIPFA Council elections. Download the nomination form or for more information email barry.mather@cipfa.org.uk.  

CIPFA standards panel seeks new chair
Applications for the role of chair to CIPFA's Accounting and Auditing Standards Panel are open until Thursday 4 March. For details of the role visit the panel's website at cipfa.org.uk.

CIPFA responds on financial resolutions
CIPFA has responsed to an invitation from the Scottish Parliament to comment in their inquiry into procedures for transparency, scrutiny and debate of financial resolutions. Read the response.

This week in Public Finance: Left high and dry
The Conservatives’ planning green paper, launched this week, proposes to scrap most of Labour’s reforms and devolve many decisions to local communities. But critics fear this will be a charter for ‘Nimbyism’ and leave building projects all at sea. Peter Hetheringon reports.

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