All posts tagged "financial"

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  Are you tracking how public money is spent, as well as how much?

  Governments around the world are dealing with common issues that pose long-term risks to their financial sustainability – aging populations, raised expectations of government services, increasing cost pressures and revenue

  • Posted June 22, 2017
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  Federal agencies face cuts as Trump looks to boost defence budget

  US federal departments and agencies are facing up to $54 billion (£43bn or €51bn) of cuts as the country’s new president Donald Trump seeks to increase defence and security spending.

  • Posted February 28, 2017
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  Republican legislators take new powers over public spending

  American Republicans have reinstated an obscure rule from 1876 that allows them to target specific government programmes and individual federal workers for cuts. The Holman Rule, which was scrapped by

  • Posted January 10, 2017
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  From counting figures to reconfiguring: the changing role of the government finance chief

  New research reveals how UK finance leaders are helping to plan and deliver major change projects, as Britain’s public bodies call on their skills to deliver the transformations demanded by

  • Posted December 15, 2016
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  UK government allocates over £400m to key Brexit departments

  The UK government has allocated £412m by 2020 to fund the direct costs of Brexit within the civil service, with the Department for Exiting the European Union (DEXEU) receiving £51m

  • Posted November 24, 2016
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  Indian demonetisation may clear the way for radical tax reforms

  A think tank linked to the Indian government’s ‘demonetisation’ initiative is in talks with government figures over a radical set of taxation reforms, Global Government Forum has learned. On 9

  • Posted November 18, 2016
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  Bank of England governor to see through Brexit negotiations

  The governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, is to remain in the post during the crucial two-year period during which the UK is expected to negotiate the terms

  • Posted November 2, 2016
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  Finland pushes ahead with basic income trial

  The government of Finland is to trial a new ‘basic income’ model that it hopes will pave the way for broader reforms of the country’s social security system. The concept

  • Posted October 28, 2016
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  India collects $9.8bn in tax evasion amnesty scheme

  The Indian government has collected more than Rs650bn (US$9.8bn or UK£8bn) in the form of cash and assets through a tax evasion amnesty scheme. For a four-month period, ending in

  • Posted October 27, 2016
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  UK tax policy too short-term and politicised, say think tanks

  Experts have called for a more straightforward tax system in the UK, warning against the “unfettered power” built up by HM Treasury over the past 20 years. In an open

  • Posted October 4, 2016
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