Agent 151: FDs should back Cipfa resilience index
Agent 151 argues that Cipfa’s proposals for a new resilience index could be exactly what section 151 officers need to redress a shift in the balance of power away from[…]
Northamptonshire council’s posting of a section 114 notice illustrates the county’s funding plight. Agent 151 wonders whether government will respond with more funding or continue to be a Scrooge. Dickens[…]
Councils started 2017 with increasing costs and diminishing funding and ended it with worse pressures and no financial relief. The year was overshadowed by two events: Brexit and Grenfell Tower.[…]
Local authorities are now in the grip of a budget process dominated by the need to make big savings. Agent151 argues that finance chiefs need to accept that it’s not[…]
The horrific fire at Grenfell Tower was a disaster of enormous proportions that destroyed lives, homes, families, relationships, friendships, and devastated a community. Our deep and most sincere sympathies go[…]
The position of the s151 officer is an insecure one in current times. Agent 151 asks whether the stresses and strains of managing a dwindling budget is getting in the way of[…]
The nuclear family was created when society chose to move their elderly parents away from the family and into care homes. Agent151 argues that the nuclear chickens are now coming home[…]
How can local government ‘build back better’?: Beverley Gower-Jones looks at the options for driving small business entrepreneurship in clean technologies. Innovation is essential for local authorities to save money and reduce emissions, it is the… dlvr.it/RtT3nS pic.twitter.com/bSMB6OG70t
Helen Randall: Spelthorne report places spotlight on ‘controls’: Fresh criticism of Spelthorne Council raises the question of what “good” controls look like when negotiating a property deal. Spelthorne Council’s continuing debacle over property… dlvr.it/RtSPhy pic.twitter.com/9uCOJgBcH6
Step-out strategies: Hitting the sweet spot between liquidity and ultra-short duration: Sponsored article: Jemma Clee describes how an ultra-short duration strategy can help local authorities enhance returns. Despite the expectation of a low, and… dlvr.it/RtSPZb pic.twitter.com/pdXPpv5lcN
What role will climate change have on the pricing of government bonds?: Sponsored article: Kerry Duffain finds that “vulnerability and resilience to climate change” have a significant impact on the cost of government borrowing. Ardea Investment… dlvr.it/RtNKv7 pic.twitter.com/wDjT31x4Yt
ESGenius: Slashing emissions will fuel green growth for decades: Sponsored article: Velislava Dimitrova argues that a big enough investment could mean transition to a low, or no, carbon economy can become a reality. The world needs to slash carbon[...] dlvr.it/RtKZJp pic.twitter.com/cd8S3ijERl
Prudential code: “Not perfect, but its heart is in the right place”: The new Prudential Code offers revised rules for borrowing. Nikki Bishop is sceptical it will work while Gary Fielding offers his support. Nikki Bishop I have been asked to give[...] dlvr.it/RtKZFh pic.twitter.com/OriN28lXcb
Tremendous report from @MarkSandford3 citing @room_151 no fewer than six times (despite what the @lgcplus fact checking/counting dept might tell you) #localgov commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief… 1/5
Dan Bates: Capitalisation directions are not the only tool for rebuilding finances: Dan Bates argues deep seated problems are contributing to a rush for capitalisation directions. For some time now we have been reading that a number of councils are in… dlvr.it/RspKff pic.twitter.com/xRRsgVim9u
Is local government funding “broken”?: Andrew Hardingham looks at the underlying issues that caused more than a third of respondents in the Room151/CCLA treasury survey to say that the funding system for local govenrment is[...] dlvr.it/RsYhsg pic.twitter.com/plNp7Ayys6