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Yearly Archive: 2019

  • Audit: 2019 was a bust, let’s hope it gets better 0
    • in Blogs · Stephen Sheen
    • — 20 Dec, 2019

    Audit: 2019 was a bust, let’s hope it gets better

    Local government audit failed to reach optimum performance levels this year: Deadlines were missed and key staff lost. Things will need to improve in 2020, says Stephen Sheen Well, that[…]

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    Christmas and New Year Message 0
    • in 151 News · Richard Harbord · Treasury
    • — 18 Dec, 2019

    Christmas and New Year Message

    By definition Christmas messages should be about a new start, they should be joyous and full of hope for what the next year may bring. Regrettably it is difficult to[…]

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  • Look to the future now it’s only just begun. 0
    • in 151 News · Blogs · Chris Buss · Funding · Treasury
    • — 18 Dec, 2019

    Look to the future now it’s only just begun.

    Now that the dust has settled after the General Election and we have at least some prospect of a “strong and stable” government, what can local government wish for in[…]

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    Borough eyes community bond to fund green infrastructure 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Treasury
    • — 17 Dec, 2019

    Borough eyes community bond to fund green infrastructure

    West Berkshire Council is exploring proposals to set up a community bond to fund a green infrastructure project aimed at achieving the authority’s carbon-reduction ambitions. Executive committee members are being[…]

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  • Time to act on IFRS 16 0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 16 Dec, 2019

    Time to act on IFRS 16

    The introduction of the IFRS 16 lease accounting standard in April will be a big change for many local authorities. It may be tempting to treat the change as something[…]

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    Local government sets out wish list as Conservatives win big 0
    • in 151 News · Funding
    • — 16 Dec, 2019

    Local government sets out wish list as Conservatives win big

    Prime minister Boris Johnson’s decisive general election victory has prompted leading local government voices to underscore the pressing finance issues the government must address. The Conservatives secured a significant 80-seat[…]

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  • CIPFA hopes updated resilience index will strengthen s151s 0
    • in 151 News · Resources · Treasury
    • — 16 Dec, 2019

    CIPFA hopes updated resilience index will strengthen s151s

    Around 10% of councils still face potential risks to their financial stability, according to an updated version of CIPFA’s financial resilience index. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy[…]

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    Empowering the s151 – how to use CIPFA’s resilience index 0
    • in 151 News · Blogs · Funding · Treasury
    • — 16 Dec, 2019

    Empowering the s151 – how to use CIPFA’s resilience index

    CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman explains how local authority chief finance officers can benefit from comparing themselves to their peers. Most of us feel the irrepressible urge to turn to[…]

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  • Top government official confirmed for northern treasury summit 0
    • in Treasury
    • — 12 Dec, 2019

    Top government official confirmed for northern treasury summit

    A top government local finance official has been lined up to update the sector on treasury and capital policy at next March’s Room 151 Northern Local Government Treasurers Investment Forum[…]

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    Court rejects NHS trusts’ claim for millions in business rates relief 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 12 Dec, 2019

    Court rejects NHS trusts’ claim for millions in business rates relief

    A judge yesterday threw out a claim by 17 NHS trusts that they are charities and should receive millions of pounds of business rates relief. Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation[…]

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