Oxfordshire

07/26 Oxfordshire backs new homelessness fund

07/26 From decision to delivery: protecting public funds during local government reorganisation

07/26 134 councils to become 38 unitaries: latest LGR decisions announced

06/26 Community housing fund raises £362m with LGPS commitments

06/26 Oxfordshire appoints senior LGPS officer

06/26 Oxfordshire expands local footprint

04/26 Oxfordshire delivers strong performance but faces rising costs

03/26 Oxfordshire beats investment income target by £7.2m

03/26 Cornwall’s service charge to increase as it joins new pool

03/26 Oxfordshire Pension Fund budget to rise 17% amid pooling transition

02/26 ‘Real risk’ that LGR savings overstated

01/26 Oxfordshire ‘loud and clear’ about future budget challenges

11/25 Uncertainty, confusing decisions and big impacts: s151 and finance expert reaction to the policy statement

11/25 Thames Valley leaders seek devolution deal

10/25 Single unitary ‘would save £63m annually’ in Oxfordshire

10/25 LGPS Central on track to expand to £100bn AUM

10/25 Another former Brunel fund heads to LPPI

10/25 Orphaned Brunel fund chooses London CIV as preferred pooling partner

09/25 Brunel funds in talks with LPPI about planned merger

09/25 Gloucestershire confirms preference for LGPS Central

09/25 Oxfordshire to invest in affordable housing

09/25 Oxfordshire announces pooling decision

09/25 New Local Government Outcomes Framework tells ‘half the story’

06/25 Pool restructuring will cost millions, LGPS funds warn

06/25 DSG deficits double across early council accounts, with little sign of slowdown

06/25 Spending Review: section 151 officers and finance experts react

06/25 Spending Review: the policies impacting local government – and the ‘worrying’ omissions

05/25 Affordable housing fund backed by LGPS pool buys homes in Oxfordshire

05/25 Local elections complicate Brunel’s pool merger talks

04/25 Merton expects temporary accommodation cost savings after using £10m treasury allocation to invest in Resonance fund

04/25 Caution, proportion and innovation: How Oxfordshire County Council is navigating the current treasury landscape

03/25 Oxfordshire’s £62.5m borrowing in 2024/25 for capital programme

02/25 ‘Extending the override won’t fix the problem’: Lorna Baxter on the SEND deficit

01/25 Reorganising to survive: can devolution solve local government’s financial crisis?

01/25 Oxfordshire outlines scale of DSG statutory override concern

12/24 Oxfordshire launches Community Municipal Investment in net zero drive

12/24 Hannah Doney on Watford’s approach to borrowing and a changed investment landscape

11/24 Oxfordshire repays another LOBO loan

11/24 ‘Broadly welcome’ or potential for ‘chaos’? Mixed local authority response to LGPS reforms

11/24 Roundtable: cashflow, income and navigating market volatility

11/24 Thurrock and APSE: a dispute like no other that has broad financial and best value implications

10/24 Oxfordshire reports over £40m of slippage in capital programme

09/24 Finance Directors’ Summit 2024 in review: taking the next steps in a challenging environment

09/24 LATIF 2024 in review: assessing investment opportunities, challenges and strategies

07/24 Jim McMahon to speak at Room151’s LATIF/FDs’ Summit

07/24 More councils exit LOBO loans over ‘unacceptable rates’

06/24 Local government finance community to gather at LATIF and Finance Directors’ Summit this September

05/24 UK Environment Agency invests £170m in Schroders renewables fund

04/24 Municipal Missions Manifesto: radically rethinking the purpose of local government – Lorna Baxter

04/24 Resetting local government: Room151 launches Municipal Missions Manifesto series

04/24 No ‘silver bullet’ but plenty of ways to help solve council financial crisis, says MOTB panel

04/24 Oxfordshire seeks to embed commercial mindset with ‘bigger opportunities’ for revenue generation to come

02/24 Spiralling temporary accommodation costs causing ‘a national financial crisis for local government’

12/23 Richard Harbord: has government intervention gone too far?

11/23 UK asset owners review into stewardship misalignment finds ‘substantial divergence’ on shareholder values

11/23 Broken markets and missing money: parliamentary committee hears s151 officers’ concerns

11/23 Simon Hoare appointed as local government minister

10/23 The days of shared services are ‘numbered’ amid councils’ financial troubles

06/23 Oxfordshire Pension Fund divests from UK and emerging markets over ESG concerns

06/23 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead appoints Elizabeth Griffiths as s151

08/22 Oxfordshire councils abandon housing plan

01/20 Oxfordshire growth arc set for £100m workplace parking levy

11/19 Brunel launches emerging markets sub-fund

10/19 Kenrick orders freeze on multi-million pound scrapping of local plan

05/19 Businesses failing on LEP match funding, MPs told

04/19 Oxfordshire eyes land for infrastructure

02/18 Leeds recovers £450,000 from Carillion bond

11/17 MiFID II: Are you ready?

11/17 News Roundup: Investment dips but borrowing climbs, MPs probe business rates delay, shared service accountability, Basildon property

09/17 Property investment set to face ‘security, liquidity and yield’ test

06/17 Brunel pension pool begins hunt for management team