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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets

    June 28, 2022

  • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’

    June 27, 2022

  • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as “disappointing”

    June 27, 2022

  • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council

    June 23, 2022

  • Low earners at Surrey County Council receive 7.85% pay increase

    June 23, 2022

  • UK Infrastructure Bank launches plan to deploy £22bn of investment

    June 23, 2022

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Author: Colin Marrs

  • NAO to probe value of forcing councils to bid for grant streams 0
    • in 151 News · Funding · Resources
    • — 30 Jan, 2020

    NAO to probe value of forcing councils to bid for grant streams

    The National Audit Office (NAO) is to investigate whether asking councils to competitively bid for grant funding streams provides value for money. Since 2010, national government has introduced an array[…]

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    Watchdogs raise worries over value for money on Scottish councils’ private finance deals 0
    • in 151 News · Funding · Treasury
    • — 28 Jan, 2020

    Watchdogs raise worries over value for money on Scottish councils’ private finance deals

    Scottish councils have been incentivised to overlook value for money when weighing up how to finance infrastructure spending, according to spending watchdogs. A report by the Accounts Commission and Auditor[…]

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  • NAO rejects option to allow extensions of revised audit code remit 0
    • in 151 News · Technical
    • — 23 Jan, 2020

    NAO rejects option to allow extensions of revised audit code remit

    The National Audit Office has backed down on a proposal to allow the introduction of new reporting criteria for local authority audits during the lifetime of a new Code of[…]

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    ‘Risky’ councils set to struggle to access PWLB alternatives 0
    • in 151 News · Resources · Treasury
    • — 23 Jan, 2020

    ‘Risky’ councils set to struggle to access PWLB alternatives

    The Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) could remain the only option to access borrowing for councils with poor credit ratings, according to industry experts. Local government finance experts gathered in[…]

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  • Council investigation uncovers evidence of ‘highly irregular’ loan discussions 0
    • in 151 News · Treasury
    • — 22 Jan, 2020

    Council investigation uncovers evidence of ‘highly irregular’ loan discussions

    Evidence implicates former senior management at a county council in offering a “highly irregular” multi-million pound loan to a developer seeking planning permission for a new garden community, a whistleblowing[…]

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    Prime minister Johnson “impressed” with Spelthorne initiatives 0
    • in 151 News · Resources · Treasury
    • — 21 Jan, 2020

    Prime minister Johnson “impressed” with Spelthorne initiatives

    Prime minister Boris Johnson declared he was impressed with Spelthorne Borough Council’s initiatives during a visit to one of the authority’s out-of-borough commercial property investments. The authority’s well-publicised borrowing spree[…]

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  • Oxfordshire growth arc set for £100m workplace parking levy 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 16 Jan, 2020

    Oxfordshire growth arc set for £100m workplace parking levy

    Oxfordshire County Council is set to approve plans for a workplace parking levy to raise up to £100m for new bus, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure. The council’s cabinet will next[…]

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    Lancashire set to be first borrower from UK Municipal Bonds Agency 0
    • in 151 News · Resources · Treasury
    • — 15 Jan, 2020

    Lancashire set to be first borrower from UK Municipal Bonds Agency

    UPDATED: Lancashire County Council has been revealed as the local authority set to become the first borrower from the UK Municipal Bonds Agency (UKMBA). Last week, Room 151 revealed the[…]

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  • Commercial income could be excluded from council funding calculations 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 14 Jan, 2020

    Commercial income could be excluded from council funding calculations

    The government is minded to exclude councils’ commercial income from calculations on how much funding they receive from central government, according to a senior official working on the Fair Funding[…]

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    LGA leader welcomes “least worst” finance settlement in 10 years 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 9 Jan, 2020

    LGA leader welcomes “least worst” finance settlement in 10 years

    The provisional local government finance settlement for 2020/21 is the “least worst” for local government in a decade, according to the chair of the Local Government Association resources board. Speaking[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’
    • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as “disappointing”
    • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council
    • Low earners at Surrey County Council receive 7.85% pay increase
    • UK Infrastructure Bank launches plan to deploy £22bn of investment
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