PublicFinance April 2011 Features
26 COVER STORY The vision thing The Budget has been and gone and George Osborne is sticking to his Plan A. But what would Labour have done? Former chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne talked to Judy Hirst about Plan B and beyond
30 Payback time for the PFI? Despite the media and ministerial frenzy about the profi ts private fi rms are making from the PFI, it is still business as usual for the scheme, says Mark Hellowell
34 Feeling the benefi t From burgers to benefi ts. Hunada Nouss has worked as FD at Burger King and now at the Department for Work and Pensions. She talks to Mike Thatcher
38 Homing instincts Housing need is soaring as private rents rise and the number of affordable homes and available mortgages fall. What’s to be done? John Perry investigates
‘THIS CAN’T BE A MINOR RESPRAY, IT HAS TO BE A MAJOR RETHINK’
26 Regulars 4 Leader The A to B of Budget planning
5 Second thoughts A tale of two Huttons, by Jackie Ashley
34 Need to Know
42 Management Development How to make staff cuts less painful
44 Smart Thinking? John Thornton on the rising use of video and audio on websites
45 On Account Nigel Keogh on pension and other implications of the Big Society
46 Numbers Game Latest public fi nance fi gures
48 Cipfa Events 30 6
6 Budget News Details from George Osborne’s second Budget statement
10 Conference News Reports from CIPFA’s Scottish and international conferences
12 Opinions Topical views by Ian Mulheirn, Lord Adonis, Olivier Roth and Martin Evans
16 Voice of the Nations News from the devolved governments
19 Restless Nation Iain Macwhirter on party convergence
20 Letters/obituaries 21 Risk Review
22 Watchdog Watch A roundup from the regulators 25 Future Finance
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