Stephen Hughes on finance and the future for local government
Stephen Hughes is chief executive of Birmingham City Council and was speaking here to Jo Tura for the first issue of Room151 Quarterly magazine. Room 151: How big a part[…]
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Stephen Hughes is chief executive of Birmingham City Council and was speaking here to Jo Tura for the first issue of Room151 Quarterly magazine. Room 151: How big a part[…]
Standard & Poor’s downgrades RBS Following the announcement of RBS’ restructuring plan ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has downgraded the bank to A-/A-2, outlook negative. “The changes amount to a[…]
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Oxford City Council’s Section 151 officer, Nigel Kennedy has asked that the government reconsider the HRA debt cap as part of the region’s City Deal. The authority is one of[…]
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Adele Taylor became Section 151 officer of East Hertfordshire Council last year and before that was director of finance, services for the London Borough of Ealing. She trained at Hammersmith[…]
The Co-operative Group said this week that it had no comment as yet for local authorities on developments that see the Co-operative Bank being taken into 70% ownership by investors[…]
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A report has called on the government to make local taxation more available to councils. Clearing the Hurdles, sponsored by South East Councils and written by think tank Localis, said[…]
The government has announced that 18 councils have won funding through its eagerly awaited Transformation Challenge Award. Over 100 councils bid for the £7m pot which was allocated to councils[…]