All posts by Ian Hall

About Ian Hall

Ian is Global Government Finance editor. He has formerly held roles including UK director of Euractiv (2011-2018), editor of Public Affairs News (2007-2011) and news editor of PR Week (2000-2007). He was shortlisted for ‘Editor of the Year’ at the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME) Awards in 2010. He began his career in the Balkans at English-language weekly the Sofia Echo (Bulgaria: 1998-1999).

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  UK’s Ministry of Defence urged to step up fraud fight

  The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been urged by MPs to step up its efforts to tackle fraud, including through use of technology and data analytics. The House of

  • Posted June 10, 2026
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  ‘Fraudsters thrive in fragmentation’: how government agencies are tackling fraud in the digital age

  Public sector authorities want to reduce fraud against the public purse. Ian Hall reports on an international discussion on the biggest opportunities and barriers Momentum is building to modernise fraud

  • Posted June 4, 2026
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  GAO highlights 97 new recommendations to cut US federal government costs or boost revenues

  The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has highlighted 97 new recommendations to cut federal government costs – potentially delivering hundreds of billions of dollars in savings – or to boost

  • Posted May 27, 2026
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  ‘A blueprint for how the UK government deploys AI at scale’: HMRC signs deal to boost data, analytics and AI firepower

  The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has appointed UK-headquartered company Quantexa on a contract – potentially worth £175m (about $234m) over 10 years – to boost its data, analytics

  • Posted May 18, 2026
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  Trading outlook: an interview with Export Development Canada treasurer Chad Buffel

  Export Development Canada recently broke new ground by issuing the country’s first tokenised bond. The government agency’s newly promoted treasurer, Chad Buffel, gives Ian Hall the inside track – and

  • Posted May 13, 2026
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  US federal agencies’ estimated improper payments rose to $186bn in 2025

  US federal agencies estimated improper payments during fiscal year 2025 rose to almost $186 billion (about £137bn) – an increase of about $24 billion (about £17.6bn) on the previous year

  • Posted May 7, 2026
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  ‘This is how you do it!’: Bank of England modernisation project should inspire government, say MPs

  A UK parliamentary committee has urged the government to “incorporate lessons” from the Bank of England’s (BoE) successful modernisation of a critical part of the UK’s payment infrastructure. The House

  • Posted May 6, 2026
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  Emerging tech’s potential for public financial management examined in IMF paper

  A paper setting out how finance ministries and other public institutions could think more strategically about emerging technologies in public financial management (PFM) and overhaul related processes and functions to

  • Posted April 29, 2026
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  UK government pushes ‘predictive technology’ in new debt management strategy 

  The UK government is promoting greater use of predictive technology across the public sector to try to prevent people and businesses from “falling into problem debt”. The move is among

  • Posted April 13, 2026
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  UK government use of data analytics to tackle fraud ‘underdeveloped’, say MPs

  The use of data analytics to tackle fraud and error is “underdeveloped” across the UK public sector, a House of Commons committee has said in a report that makes six

  • Posted March 30, 2026
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