Impact Awards: Discover the winners on 1st July
The entries are in and the judges have deliberated. All that remains is to reveal the winners. After sifting through the entries for the inaugural CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards, the judges[…]
Yearly Archive: 2021
Inflation spike creates watching brief for treasury officers
A recent rise in inflation has local government treasury leaders thinking about interest rates, writes Gavin Hinks. Should local government be worried about rising inflation? The increasingly shrill reports about[…]
Does local government need a new red flag system to signal looming financial crisis?
Andrew Hardingham examines calls for a new early warning system for section 114s notices and finds there are already many mechanisms in place, if only they were used properly and[…]
151 officers must remain at the top table
Too often in the current times section 151 officers find themselves outside the inner circle of management. Paul Jones argues this risks undermining governance and financial controls. A recent poll[…]
LGPS: “Are we 100% funded?”
The future is looking rosey for funding but, argues Robert Bilton, there is still longevity, climate change and the future cost of benefits to worry about. With less than a[…]
Finance chiefs may have to ’embrace the uncertainty’ in financial planning
Adrian Jenkins looks at the unenviable task of financial planning in local government given the “suite of moving parts” affecting the sector. Is there any point in making any financial[…]
How does LGPS identify “authentic” place-based impact opportunities?
Pension funds should take the initiative if they are to make a succes of placed-based impact investing, writes Karen Shackleton. The Good Economy, Pensions for Purpose and the UK’s[…]
Income losses and lack of data hamper Whitehall’s support of councils in the pandemic
MPs point to problematic information and the loss of income as major obstacles for local government finances after Covid-19 hit. A report from MPs underlines what many local government finance[…]
Impact Awards: Shortlist revealed
CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards move to the next stage with publication of the finalists. The shortlist is out. Entries for the inaugural CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards have been sifted and sorted and[…]
Next settlement an opportunity to head off s114 dangers
Dan Bates considers the underlying changes required to avoid further s114 notices. I was interested to read a recent headline that claimed that a third of south east councils were[…]
