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Payments & Financial Services

Sir Robert Devereux, outgoing Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, UK: Exclusive Interview

Over seven years, the head of Britain’s benefits services has pushed through a vast set of policies and reforms – but it’s been a difficult journey. His experience has clear […]

Building better public-private partnerships

Since entering the mainstream as the UK’s Private Finance Initiative, public-private partnerships have had a mixed track record – and this week’s collapse of PFI construction firm Carillion has further […]

Tax reprieve for Canadians reporting Phoenix overpayments

The Canadian government has promised that civil servants overpaid by the beleaguered Phoenix system will not be required to undergo a lengthy tax reclamation process – as long as they […]

Canadian unions call for Phoenix pay system to be ditched

A civil service union has called on the Canadian federal government to scrap its troubled Phoenix pay system and build a replacement in-house. The call from the Professional Institute of […]

Tackling the foundations of corruption

For years, anti-corruption activists have concentrated on improving enforcement and transparency. But critics of this approach argue that more systemic change is required: Gavin O’Toole learns why the ACE programme […]

UK government tables deeper redundancy payment cuts after court defeat

The British government has proposed bigger cuts in redundancy payments for civil servants, after the High Court quashed changes that it made last year. A new consultation was launched by […]

Shared Services Canada heavily criticised in audit report

The organisation tasked with consolidating 485 Canadian government data centres into seven and moving 43 organisations from separate email services to a one single email platform in a shared services […]

Civil servants’ pension payments pose challenge to Germany’s finances, report says

Rising pension payments for Germany’s civil servants are set to pose a challenge to the country’s finances, according to a report by credit ratings agency Moody’s. Teachers, who all, until […]

Australia’s financial services regulator to gain more powers

The Australian government is to hand new powers to the country’s financial services regulator, after a review of the country’s financial system found that consumers are often treated unfairly. The financial […]

Automatic Union Fee Payments To End In UK Public Sector

Unionised civil servants and public sector workers in the UK will have to re-subscribe to their trade unions and set up new payments plans under new legislation proposed by the […]