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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: Mark Smulian

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    • in LGPS
    • — 26 May, 2022

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

    The director of pensions for the West Midlands Pension Fund talks to Mark Smulian about the success of the LGPS pools, the journey to net zero, government targets for infrastructure[…]

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    • in Development · Funding
    • — 25 Jan, 2022

    Ten of the most innovative council-run housing projects

    Reports of the death of local authority house building have been greatly exaggerated. Mark Smulian looks at the resurgence of council activity in constructing new homes – for both social[…]

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  • Warwick votes for referendum on 34.2% council tax increase 0
    • in 151 News · Funding
    • — 27 Feb, 2020

    Warwick votes for referendum on 34.2% council tax increase

    Warwick District Council has become the first authority to back a referendum on increasing its council tax share above the 2% limit. Residents will be asked on 7th May to[…]

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    Council bills for homelessness spiral over budget 0
    • in 151 News · Resources · Treasury
    • — 29 Jan, 2020

    Council bills for homelessness spiral over budget

    Nearly 70% of councils with housing responsibilities overspent their budget for homelessness services last year, pushing them towards breaking point, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. It blamed rising[…]

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  • Call for action on £250m annual cost of business rates avoidance 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 8 Jan, 2020

    Call for action on £250m annual cost of business rates avoidance

    Councils are losing some £250m a year through business rates avoidance, equivalent to 1.0% of the total of this income source. That claim has come from the Local Government Association[…]

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    Council report casts doubt on emergence of competitive PWLB alternatives 0
    • in 151 News · Treasury
    • — 27 Nov, 2019

    Council report casts doubt on emergence of competitive PWLB alternatives

    A report by London Borough of Haringey finance officers has sounded the alarm over the options for councils to find cheaper lenders than the Public Works Loans Board (PWLB) following[…]

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  • Council service spending grows by 1.9% 0
    • in 151 News · Resources · Treasury
    • — 21 Nov, 2019

    Council service spending grows by 1.9%

    English local authorities’ total service expenditure reached £91.4bn in 2018-19, a 1.9% increase on the previous year and its highest level since 2014-15. The figures were included in the Local[…]

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    IFS: Some councils set to lose cash despite overall funding boost 0
    • in 151 News · Resources
    • — 14 Nov, 2019

    IFS: Some councils set to lose cash despite overall funding boost

    Some councils may see a fall in funding next year, despite a government forecast that councils’ core spending power could increase by 4.3% in real terms in 2020-21 compared with[…]

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  • LGA writes to ministers over audit delays 0
    • in 151 News · Technical
    • — 30 Oct, 2019

    LGA writes to ministers over audit delays

    The Local Government Association has protested to two Whitehall departments about the impact on councils of delays by auditors in preparing their accounts. LGA resources board chair Richard Watts told[…]

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    ALMO funding issues prompt move to insource housing services 0
    • in 151 News · Funding · Resources
    • — 17 Oct, 2019

    ALMO funding issues prompt move to insource housing services

    The only arm’s-length management organisation to oversee homes in multiple councils faces closure with all the councils involved intending to take the service directly in-house. East Kent Housing (EKH) serves[…]

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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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