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CIPFA and the Local Authority Scotland Accounts Advisory Committee (LASAAC) have announced another “urgent consultation” to consider proposals to address the latest issue that has led to significant delays to[…]
Room151 has launched a survey to gauge the sentiment in local government on two important issues: the IFRS 9 statutory override and the consultation on Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP). The[…]
A leading figure in the housing sector has expressed concern at the potential abolition of section 106 agreements in favour of an infrastructure levy. Claire Kober, managing director for homes[…]
Treasury managers attending Room151’s latest Monthly Online Treasury Briefing (MOTB) have strongly indicated that the liability benchmark should be a voluntary rather than a mandatory tool. It is now mandatory[…]
Further delays to the audits of 2020/21 local authority accounts have been attributed to issues over the valuation of infrastructure assets that are affecting a significant number of upper-tier councils.[…]
CIPFA is coming under increasing pressure to allow members to review the independent report into the failure of its London Counter Fraud Hub (LCFH), which collapsed in 2019 with an[…]
The Northern LGPS pool is planning to invest a further £150m in affordable housing projects following a successful investment of a similar size last year. Northern’s previous £150m affordable housing[…]
The section 151 officer at Cornwall Council has called on the government to implement reforms to planning and tax rules to help local authorities urgently respond to the housing crisis.[…]
Investors looking for “cutting-edge, high-end returns” on social impact funds that target homelessness are “part of the problem” and not helping to address the affordable housing crisis, attendees at the[…]
Speakers at Room151’s Local Authority Treasurers Investment Forum (LATIF) North have expressed concern about the funding processes established by central government as part of the levelling up agenda. Professor Steven[…]
