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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[…]
Government proposals on Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) could “massively harm local government”, delegates at the Room151 Local Authority Treasurers Investment Forum (LATIF) North have been warned. Danny Mather, head of[…]
CIPFA and the Local Authority Scotland Accounts Advisory Committee (LASAAC) have proposed that implementation of IFRS 16 be delayed following the “exceptional consultation” on updates to the code of practice[…]
Greater clarity is needed on a range of areas affecting the Local Government Pension Scheme – including the levelling up agenda and pension pooling – according to the incoming secretary[…]
The updated Prudential Code will make it more difficult for local authorities to counteract the effects of inflation, reducing the “real” value of reserves, according to the director of investments[…]
A significant number of local government pension funds are looking to divest from Russian assets, while councils are seeking to terminate energy contracts with Russian suppliers, as pressure grows following[…]
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the involvement of local authorities in the direct delivery of housing according to a major piece of research launched last week. The research, from the[…]
Local government finance functions need to invest more in skills training to help improve the issues that have led to significant delays in the publication of audited financial statements in[…]
The chief executive of West Lindsey District Council has called for the government’s levelling-up agenda to have a more rural slant to it. Ian Knowles told Room151 that rural authorities[…]
