Reports

A guide to support Value for Money (VfM) analysis for public managers

12-08-2021

This guide complements the separately published VfM toolkit. Both are the result of a collaborative project between CIPFA and the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab).

CIPFA report on VfM analysis for public managers

A shifting landscape attitudes to social enterprise service delivery

21-11-2019

CIPFA and E3M set out to ask if the media focus on significant outsourcing failures has changed public perceptions of service delivery and the respective roles of private sector businesses and social enterprises.

Accountability, performance and transformation: learning from the CIPFA FM Model

01-11-2016

Strong financial management ensures that public money is used well, and is made to stretch as far as possible. This Insight looks at how CIPFA’s FM Model has helped CFOs and leadership teams stay in control of their financial strategy and remain resilient.

Accounting for the cloud

01-03-2017

Cloud computing is revolutionising the way that IT services are provided across government, healthcare and the broader public services and promises to reduce costs and increase flexibility. This Insight considers the finance team’s role in transitioning to the cloud.

Addressing regional inequalities in the UK: levelling to where?

30-06-2021

The government's levelling up agenda seeks to expand upon the UK Industrial Strategy's framework, and this report explores what the agenda hopes to achieve ahead of the White Paper expected at the end of 2021.

Administration in the LGPS: a guide for pensions authorities

01-11-2018

This insight will assist anyone involved in the LGPS to better understand how they can oversee the delivery and quality of administration and communications within their administering authorities, with a view to identifying where improvements may be needed.

AFEP II: Learning from consultancy projects

24-01-2023

This report by CIPFA details the areas of consultancy support undertaken with forces as part of the AFEP II programme.

CIPFA Thinks AFEP consultancy learning report

Achieving Finance Excellence in Policing III Sustainability status report

29-07-2024

This report is aimed at anyone with an interest in sustainability including chief finance officers, sustainability managers, estate professionals etc. Using this report, we look to share best practice with forces at different stages in their sustainability journey and list a series of recommendations to consider.

Achieving Finance Excellence in Policing III Sustainability Toolkit

29-07-2024

As part of the sustainability report we have developed a toolkit with references to business cases, the importance of data and grants and grant applications.

After the downturn

01-01-2009

This report, prepared by CIPFA and SOLACE, and informed by a much wider cross-section of public sector professionals, explores the crucial questions of how spending reductions should be achieved and where they should fall, and calls on the political party manifestos to address these questions clearly.

Aligning local public services framework: a reference to good practice

01-07-2015

This framework has been developed as a reference for good practice for all who work in delivering local public services.

Alternative service delivery models: transforming organisations in local government

01-01-2016

This Insight sets out the key considerations for local government in ‘transforming’ service delivery. It focuses on the decisions around which services are most appropriate for your organisation and the positives and negatives of different delivery vehicles.

An introduction and glossary to NHS and local government finance and governance in England

01-11-2019

Financial regimes, cultures and terminology differ between health and local government and can lead to confusion. This publication, produced by the HFMA and CIPFA, provides a glossary of terms used frequently in relation to finance and governance in the NHS and local government.

Applying CIPFA's whole systems approach for better public financial management

01-11-2014

This Keystone is intended to take steps towards strengthening public financial management by helping both governments and individual organisations to apply the principles set out in CIPFA’s Whole System Approach to Public Financial Management in practice.

Balance sheet for Northern Ireland's public sector

12-10-2015

Northern Ireland’s public finances have been the subject of public debate and scrutiny and should reflect the priorities of the people of Northern Ireland. In this briefing CIPFA sets out for the first time what the scale of the devolved assets and liabilities in Northern Ireland are.

Balancing local authority budgets and section 114 notices

01-03-2016

This CIPFA Briefing looks at what it means to have a balanced budget and who is responsible for achieving this equilibrium. It also considers what factors have a negative impact on the budget and result in a local authority facing a spending crisis.

Balancing local authority budgets

01-04-2016

Funding cuts, a drop in RSG and a rising demand for services are all causing CFOs to worry about balancing their budgets. The financial management challenges facing councils are complex and ever shifting. This Insight looks at what a balanced budget means and the dynamics of financial leadership.

Building financial resilience: managing financial stress in local authorities

01-06-2017

Effective financial management in the public sector has always been built on planning for the long term, but organisations need the resilience to deliver savings while still providing services to their community. This report is based on CIPFA’s work with local authorities to develop resilience.

Building partnerships - devolution summit 2015

01-10-2015

The future of local government lies in collaboration, integration and partnership and in the drive to deliver effective public services, roles, structures and responsibilities will need to be revised. This Insight draws on discussions held in CIPFA’s Devolution Summit held in 2015.

Changing Children's Lives: assessing cost and demand for children's services

06-11-2017

This Insight sets out the strategic context to the evolution of children’s services and outlines some of the key issues including policy, outcomes and leadership development.

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