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‘Financial catastrophe’ looming over SEND deficits despite government bailout: CCN
Councils’ special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) deficits are set to reach a record £10.4bn by March 2028, despite the government writing off 90% of deficits accumulated up to March this year.
News-in-Brief
Thurrock receives £200m debt support despite ‘dangerous precedent’ concerns
Thurrock Council has confirmed receipt of a £200m debt support package from the government in what the authority described as a “real boost” in managing its financial situation.
Roundtable reports
LGPS
UK Venture: a global leader in the heart of Europe
Ross Morrison, partner, primary investments at Adams Street Partners, on the UK venture market and the big opportunity for LGPS investors.
Funding
Fiscal devolution: ‘clever design’ needed to stop winners streaking ahead
Plans to hand mayors a portion of income tax revenues risk funding for richer areas pulling ahead by billions of pounds a year unless carefully designed safeguards are built in, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.
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Technology, Data and Finance Forum
A unique conference bringing together CFOs and CIOs
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1 America Square, 17 Crosswall
London, EC3N 2LB
Room151’s Local Investment for the LGPS – Devolution, Manchesterism and the Future of Place-Based Capital
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The Grand Hotel, Church Street
Birmingham, B3 2FE
Room151’s LGPS Investment Forum 2026
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Royal College of Surgeons, 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London, WC2A 3PE
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