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Public Finance

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 […]

A woman wearing summer dress stands in nature with arms spread out and mountains in distance

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 […]

IMF criticises UK economic strategy; Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency in trouble: policy & delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. IMF urges UK government to reconsider economic strategy The International Monetary Fund has taken […]
Piles of silver coins acting as stepping stones

Three reasons universal basic income pilots haven’t led to policy change – despite their success

Universal basic income – a tax-free, unconditional sum of money regularly given to everyone in a society – has repeatedly been shown to help the most vulnerable groups in society. […]
Finance minister Chrystia Freeland, at the National Press Theatre last December with Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem

Canadian federal Budget announces strategic policy review amid spending restraint

Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland has announced a “strategic policy review” in the 2022 federal Budget to ensure that spending matches government’s priorities, while also setting out plans to rein […]
President Joe Biden signing legislation

US federal agencies get 6.7% budget increase in $1.5 trillion spending bill

President Joe Biden is expected to today sign a US$1.5 trillion spending bill that will fund the government through to the end of September, averting a partial government shutdown. The […]

Calculated risks: the pathfinding role of government finance chiefs

Finance staff are playing an ever bigger role in strategic decision-making – helping to spot the financial risks in new policies or reforms. At the Global Government Finance Summit, Natalie […]

Always in the front line: the impossible demands of crisis response

Since 2008, governments have protected businesses through crisis after crisis, stepping in to safeguard people’s livelihoods and national economies. At the Global Government Finance Summit, Adam Branson heard finance leaders […]