Public Finance

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt speaking with prime minister Rishi Sunak in October 2022. Photo: No 10 Downing Street Flickr

UK public sector faces productivity review; US government told to quicken pace of federal property sales: policy and delivery news in brief

Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK chancellor launches public sector productivity task force with AI focus The UK finance minister […]

A photograph of Noureddine Bensouda the general treasurer of the Kingdom of Morocco

Sustainability and digital transformation ‘complete game changers’, says Morocco government finance chief

The head of the finance ministry in Morocco has said that the twin revolutions of sustainability and digital transformation will be “game changers” for government. Noureddine Bensouda, the general treasurer […]
President Joe Biden sits behind his desk at the Oval Office at the White House.

US Congress agrees debt deal, freezing agency spend but reducing shutdown threat

President Joe Biden has signed into law the lifting of the USA’s borrowing limit, just days before the government was due to default on its debt, which could have had […]
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 […]