Public Money & Management publishes articles which contribute new knowledge as a basis for policy or management improvements, or which reflect on evidence from public service management and finance. The Journal does not accept literature reviews. Public Money & Management has a multidisciplinary readership, including officials in all types of public service organizations, academics, consultants and advisers working with the public services, politicians, journalists, and students on both academic and professional courses. Although this readership has been interested largely in British public management, there is an increasing interest in international developments. Accordingly, the Editors welcome articles about developments outside the UK which offer clear lessons for British or other western practitioners.

Authors should also supply a clear summary of around 50 words (core and new development articles) focusing on conclusions and lessons.

The Journal uses the Harvard (author, date) system of referencing. References in the text should be given as (Brown, 1990), or Brown and Jones (1990), or Brown et al. (1992) if there are more than three authors. References should be given at the end of the article in a single alphabetical list:

To a journal: Jones, G. and Stewart, J. (2009), Accountability in public partnerships—the case of LSPs. Public Money & Management, 29, 1, pp. 59-64.

To a book: Parker, D. (2009), The Official History of Privatization (Routledge, London).

Documents available only online should be listed thus: author/editor (year), Title. Available from URL. References to personal emails and private correspondence should be avoided.