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Chart of the week: Public sector productivity
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- 10 May 2024
Our chart this week suggests that the public sector is less productive than it was, but difficulties in measuring productivity make it hard to say for sure.
National level structural barriers impact local authorities, report says
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- 09 May 2024
DLUHC’s assessment finds that local and national systems for delivering public services are not currently designed to facilitate joined up working across government.
New laws to bolster smart device security
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- 07 May 2024
Ban on default passwords part of legislation to help protect consumers from having their internet-enabled devices interfered with by hackers or cybercriminals.
Chart of the week: Cocoa
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- 02 May 2024
Our chart this week looks at the price of cocoa, which has been popping as shifting weather patterns have caused harvests in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to collapse.
Economic update: UK outlook tough despite imminent recession exit
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- 02 May 2024
UK poised to emerge from recession as business confidence hits two-year high. However, emerging challenges may hinder progress. ICAEW’s Economies Director Suren Thiru discusses the key points to watch.
ICAEW technical round-up: April
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- 30 Apr 2024
This month’s top stories include community amateur sports clubs asked to check their status; MTD ITSA private beta testing relaunched; and tax administration and maintenance day summary.
ICAEW Member Insights: April 2024
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- 30 Apr 2024
Optimism is rising but members yearn for certainty and stability to help them make business decisions, with labour market issues, late payment and access to finance among the key concerns.
Chart of the week: Global military spending
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- 26 Apr 2024
While the UK commits to increasing its defence and security expenditure, our chart this week looks at military spending around the world, which has reached $2.4trn.
ICAEW: business confidence triples in Q1
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- 24 Apr 2024
The latest Business Confidence Monitor finds UK business confidence on the rise, signalling a rebound from pandemic lows
Public finances end financial year in weak position
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- 24 Apr 2024
Net debt represents a growing fiscal mortgage of £92,000 per UK household as a difficult financial year comes to a close.
‘Boring’ policies will address economic challenges
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- 19 Apr 2024
New policy solutions to problems facing the UK economy will be prosaic but important, Conservative Party Forum Chair John Penrose MP told a round table this week.
Chart of the week: IMF Fiscal Monitor
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- 19 Apr 2024
Our chart this week finds that the UK is ranking highly in the IMF’s latest five-year forecasts for general government net debt.
From PwC to public service: Lynn Pamment CBE
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- 17 Apr 2024
The former PwC partner and now Jersey’s Comptroller and Auditor General on why tackling the local audit crisis hinges on audit firm leaders valuing the public sector audit discipline better.
Chart of the week: Public spending crunch
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- 12 Apr 2024
Public spend as a share of the economy must fall over the next five years to make the sums add up – a big challenge for the next government.
Summary of IPSASB March 2024 meeting
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- 12 Apr 2024
The International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) held their first meeting of the year in New York with a number of interesting projects to report back on, including sustainability reporting and presentation of financial statements.
Welsh government consults on LTT multiple dwellings relief
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- 11 Apr 2024
The Welsh government is consulting on several changes to land transaction tax, including the abolition of multiple dwellings relief.
ICAEW publishes in-depth Fiscal Insight on the Spring Budget
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- 10 Apr 2024
Now that the dust has settled on last month’s Spring Budget, ICAEW has published a more detailed analysis on the implications for the public finances.
Economic update: why the recession may soon be over
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- 08 Apr 2024
The UK’s recession appears to be ending with cuts to summer interest rate likely. ICAEW’s Economies Director Suren Thiru discusses the key points to watch.
Strategic Finance Network Group
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- 08 Apr 2024
The first face-to-face meeting of the Strategic Finance Network Group tackled the fascinating subject of ‘Influencing Upwards’ at an event hosted by ICAEW at Chartered Accountants Hall.
Chart of the week: Whole of Government liabilities
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- 05 Apr 2024
Our chart this week looks at how liabilities in the UK’s public balance sheet have risen significantly over the five years to March 2022.
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