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Public Finance

A photograph of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt preparing to leave 11 Downing Street to present his Budget to Parliament.

Fiscal fictions: what the UK Budget says – and what it omits

On Wednesday, the UK government produced a Budget that made no provision for big public sector pay rises; on Thursday, it promised £5bn to striking NHS staff. Matt Ross explains […]

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Biden administration tables ambitious anti-COVID fraud legislation

US president Joe Biden proposed a wide-ranging piece of legislation on 2 March to tackle fraud and help citizens affected by identity theft during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden set out […]
Finance minister Chrystia Freeland, at the National Press Theatre last December with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem

Canadian finance minister reiterates warning on tight government finances

Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has warned that a slowing global economic outlook will require continued restraint in federal public spending. Freeland hosted a meeting with provincial and territorial finance […]

Hunting down hidden money: how governments are fighting illicit finance

Experts on the panel of a Global Government Forum webinar shone a spotlight on the scale of illicit finance and the crimes that benefit from it, and explained what governments […]

‘Never compromise your integrity’: five minutes with Global Government Summit participant Arturo Herrera Gutierrez

Arturo Gutierrez, global director for governance global practice, equitable growth, finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) vice presidency at the World Bank, tells Global Government Forum about steering the Mexican […]

More information but less influence? A dilemma for government finance departments

Fast-increasing access to data gives treasuries the tools to provide better targeted services, more effective policies and more comprehensive reporting. But at the Global Government Finance Summit, senior leaders worried […]
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves 11 Downing Street to deliver his Autumn Statement to parliament

The UK budget: behind the headlines

At two events last week, experts picked apart Jeremy Hunt’s Budget – finding heroic optimism, implausible plans, and some hard realities for departments and public servants. Matt Ross listened in […]
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Australia’s ‘wellbeing budget’ inspired by New Zealand – with related targets to come

The Australian government unveiled what has been described as a ‘wellbeing budget’ on Tuesday, having taken inspiration from New Zealand’s approach to economic policy which aims to put the health […]
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt in the Treasury

UK government bids to halt financial turmoil after botched tax cuts

The UK government has abandoned a host of tax cuts that were announced less than a month ago after replacing the country’s finance minister due to a negative response from […]
Joao Quipipa, Angola

‘Eliminate redundant and inefficient bureaucracy’: five minutes with Angola’s João Quipipa

João Quipipa, former secretary of state at the Angolan Treasury, now executive board member at UNITEL – the country’s part-government-owned telecommunications company – shares his proudest career achievements, his desire […]