PAC has recommended more resources for HMRC so that it can meet its service standards. It has found that HMRC’s approach to off-payroll working is deterring legitimate economic activity.

ICAEW’s Tax Faculty examines the latest MTD publications, including the amended MTD ITSA regulations and the government’s response to the public accounts committee report on MTD.

The Auditor General for Wales has issued a major new report on how public services can be made more cost effective and sustainable in the long-term.

ICAEW member Andreas Antoniades, Accountant General of the Republic of Cyprus, on how simplification and use of technology underpins his vision for the country’s refreshing approach to public financial management.

ICAEW member Andreas Antoniades, Accountant General of the Republic of Cyprus, on how simplification and use of technology underpins his vision for the country’s refreshing approach to public financial management.

The National Audit Office chief highlights areas of opportunity for government, but warns savings could only come from more innovation, better data and tighter governance.

The National Audit Office has criticised the government for failing to deliver levelling-up funds on time.

Government’s unpreparedness for extreme weather events limits its ability to demonstrate whether value for money is being achieved.

Focus must shift to prevention, PAC warns, after the body responsible for overseeing government expenditure calls for action to tackle currently untracked fraud and error losses of potentially tens of billions of pounds a year.

Former National Audit Office chief to chair new body to understand and support local government performance in England.

ICAEW engages with the Fabian Society and their pamphlet ‘Prizing the Public Pound’ on local audit and spending effectiveness in central government, in which they call for a future Labour government to reorganise, revitalise and expand public audit in England.

An ICAEW policy insight aimed at helping governments and parliaments understand how good balance sheet management can improve the overall management of the public finances.

The role of professional accountants is fundamentally about creating trust. Trust that numbers are correctly stated and that a true and fair account has been produced, showing what money has been raised and how that money has been used.

A decade after the corporate debt crisis, public debt is at an all-time high and continues to rise. The potential for a global public debt crisis should not be ignored. ICAEW shares policy insight.

In this publication, we explore the drivers for strong financial leadership and the skills and competences that, in our view, a strong finance leader should have.

ICAEW has a new addition to the better government series: a guide for stakeholders working with the UK Central Government Public Financial Management System.

Sustainable Public Finances: EU Perspectives. Synopsis of discussion on 8 November 2016

ICAEW has published a new framework guidance document Building blocks to better PFM - A cash to accruals accounting toolkit as part of its Better Government Series.