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LGR clarity for five areas – but turmoil churns on elsewhere
Local government reorganisation (LGR) is to go ahead as planned in five areas – but ministerial proposals have been withdrawn in nine other parts of the country where “all options” are to remain on the table.
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Budget: ‘give councils the fiscal tools they need to address challenges’
Fiscal devolution should be a tool to allow councils to tackle financial pressures without having to go “cap in hand” to government, according to Luke Hillan, associate director of local government finance and devolution at London Councils.
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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
Finance concerns over planned shake-up of Scottish councils
Scottish local government has hit its biggest period of flux in a generation – but have the implications for the sector’s financial sustainability been fully thought through?
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LATIF Online October 2026
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Online
Teams Live,
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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