Staffordshire

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

06/26 How a funding gap has seen Staffordshire turn to innovative development approaches

03/26 Staffordshire agrees £17m education support contract extension

03/26 Are Reform-led council pension funds scaling back their ESG ambitions?

12/25 LGPS Central partner fund backs local shared ownership housing projects

11/25 LGR in Staffordshire could be ‘costly political experiment’

09/25 Reform UK accuses LGPS of ‘rip-offs, decadence and complacency’

08/25 Staffordshire calls for fairer funding formula in SEND reforms

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

10/24 LGPS Central commits £40m to affordable housing strategy

08/24 High Peak council to establish new subsidiary to manage leisure centres

02/24 Local authority allocations for £4.7bn Local Transport Fund revealed

02/24 Job Alert: Staffordshire Pension Fund – Independent Advisor

11/23 Eight LGPS investors to back UK infrastructure

07/23 Bedfordshire and Staffordshire Pension funds pledge £80m to green infrastructure

05/23 Liverpool appoints Ian Williams as permanent director for finance

04/23 Liverpool signs Sara Pitt as interim director of finance

02/23 Councils set to receive £24.9bn in business rates income

02/23 Increased regulation required for ‘exempt’ housing

02/23 John Ralfe: LGPS ‘should reduce overseas investments’

05/22 Rachel Brothwood: ‘pooling has given us scale, depth, breadth and knowledge’

02/22 £125m funding confirmed for councils to support domestic abuse victims

02/21 Prudential code: “Not perfect, but its heart is in the right place”

02/20 Richard Harbord: Cannock Chase reveals the risks in business rates appeals

01/20 Council forced to raid reserves for £863,000 following successful Amazon business rates appeal

09/19 CIPFA hires former president

05/19 CIPFA stars shine at awards

04/19 Councils ‘need urgent clarity’ on EU structural funds replacement

03/19 LGPS Central appoints managers for bond fund

03/19 Roberts takes up CIPFA local government role

02/19 Hearthstone Residential 1 achieves final closing

02/19 County looks to raise cash from farm sales

01/19 Care protection ‘forces cultural service cuts’

11/18 Burns set to lose finance director job

09/18 Warwick-Thompson to leave LGPS Central pool

08/18 Steve Winterflood: The changing nature of local government authority

08/18 LGPS Central signs transparency code

07/18 CIPFA announces new president

05/18 Leicestershire spends £25m on property

05/18 Minister appoints commissioners to oversee Northamptonshire’s finance and governance

05/18 Steve Winterflood: Is Northamptonshire the first domino?

04/18 Five LGPS funds invest £100m in the private rented sector

02/18 News Roundup: PFI investor compensation ‘subject to review’, LGPS funds make acquisition, council tax take

11/17 Andrew Burns: Budget takes welcome steps but more local freedom needed

11/17 Chancellor’s crackdown on property acquisition expected to hit councils investing beyond their borders

10/17 3% inflation confronts treasurers with investment strategy questions

09/17 CIPFA president Andrew Burns on LATIF 2017 and the drivers of commercial investment

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

09/17 Councils should argue the case for commercial property investment

09/17 Business rates retention policy revived with new pilots

07/17 CIPFA president’s blog: Commercial risk needs commercial capabilities, enhanced governance and transparency

06/17 LGA changes tack on business rates retention

06/17 News round-up: Government loses High Court LGPS battle, Race for Capita Assets Services, LGPS Central and fracking clash

05/17 Kerslake and Clancy head stellar LATIF line up