• Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Conference
  • Events Calendar
  • Webcast151
  • MOTB
  • Log In
  • Register

Room 151

  • Treasury
  • Technical
  • Funding
  • Resources
  • LGPS
  • Development
  • 151 News
  • Blogs
    • David Green
    • Agent 151
    • Dan Bates
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Sheen
    • James Bevan
    • Steve Bishop
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • David Crum
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O’Donnell
    • Jackie Shute
  • Interviews

Author: Agent 151

  • Agent 151: FDs should back Cipfa resilience index 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Funding · Resources
    • — 19 Aug, 2018

    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[…]

    Read more
    Agent151: Exploding some myths concerning management consultants 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Resources
    • — 30 Apr, 2018

    Agent151: Exploding some myths concerning management consultants

    Consultants may be expensive, and they may attract bad press, but they can also be well worth the money, argues Agent151. “If we spend a shed-load of money on consultants[…]

    Read more
  • Agent151: Northamptonshire’s section 114 – the Ghost of Christmas Past 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Funding
    • — 7 Feb, 2018

    Agent151: Northamptonshire’s section 114 – the Ghost of Christmas Past

    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[…]

    Read more
    Agent151: Review of 2017-Brexit, social care, disappointing budgets, Grenfell 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs
    • — 20 Dec, 2017

    Agent151: Review of 2017-Brexit, social care, disappointing budgets, Grenfell

    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.[…]

    Read more
  • Agent151: Spending control needs a credible vision and everyone on board 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs
    • — 9 Oct, 2017

    Agent151: Spending control needs a credible vision and everyone on board

    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[…]

    Read more
    Agent 151: Grenfell inquiry must look at government housing policy 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Development
    • — 10 Jul, 2017

    Agent 151: Grenfell inquiry must look at government housing policy

    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[…]

    Read more
  • Agent151: Funding and a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Funding
    • — 26 Apr, 2017

    Agent151: Funding and a ‘gentleman’s agreement’

    Someone should just come out and say it. We local government insiders all know it’s the case, but I wonder if the general public, the voters out there, are conscious[…]

    Read more
    Agent 151: Don’t shoot the messenger, or the s151 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs
    • — 27 Mar, 2017

    Agent 151: Don’t shoot the messenger, or the s151

    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[…]

    Read more
  • Agent151: Nuclear chickens and the cost of caring for the elderly 0
    • in Agent 151 · Blogs · Funding
    • — 8 Feb, 2017

    Agent151: Nuclear chickens and the cost of caring for the elderly

    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[…]

    Read more
    Agent 151: 2016 is on trial 0
    • in Agent 151 · Funding · Resources
    • — 20 Dec, 2016

    Agent 151: 2016 is on trial

    The past 12 months are in the dock. Agent151 covers the trial of an offender that has left many feeling like victims of a crime. M’lud, the next case is[…]

    Read more
  • Next Page »
  • Register to become a Room151 user

  • Latest tweets

    Room151 13 hours ago

    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

    Room151 16 hours ago

    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

    Room151 16 hours ago

    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

    Room151 2 days ago

    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

    Room151 2 days ago

    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

    Room151 2 days ago

    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

    Room151 3 days ago

    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

    Room151 1 week ago

    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

    Room151 2 weeks ago

    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

  • Categories

    • 151 News
    • Agent 151
    • Blogs
    • Chris Buss
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • Dan Bates
    • David Crum
    • David Green
    • Development
    • Forum
    • Funding
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O'Donnell
    • Interviews
    • Jackie Shute
    • James Bevan
    • Jobs
    • LGPSi
    • Mark Finnegan
    • Recent Posts
    • Resources
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Fitzgerald
    • Stephen Sheen
    • Steve Bishop
    • Technical
    • Treasury
    • Uncategorized
  • Archives

    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • 2013
    • 2012
    • 2011

© Copyright 2021 Room 151. Typegrid Theme by WPBandit.