The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards showcase finance teams with a direct impact on their local communities and the environment. This week we spotlight Liverpool City Council’s efforts to support the hospitality[…]
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic, lockdown and wider economic uncertainty created deflationary pressures which raise important considerations for the Local Government Pension Scheme writes Daniel Booth. Since Paul Volcker[…]
The crisis in Liverpool and a fix for education budgets are further indication that local government finance is in need of a root and branch review. Even for those students[…]
The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards will showcase the way finance teams have a direct impact on their local communities and the environment. This week we spotlight the work of Plymouth City[…]
Kate Ogden writes the government has addressed most of the short-term Covid-19 financial pressures facing English councils, but problems loom in 2022-23 and the years following. As we enter the[…]
As we launch the CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards, finance officers from around the country reveal how their work, past and present, has made a difference to people, place or the environment.[…]
The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards will mark the positive impact local government finance teams have on communities, place and the environment and create a lasting legacy through a Summary of Entries[…]
Collapse of the Bremen-based Greensill Bank has hurt a number of German local authorities. David Green argues their troubles deserve close attention. You may not have heard of Greensill Bank[…]
The pandemic has seen council investment balances climb steadily while demand for PWLB funds fades. David Chefneux looks at the figures. The latest data released by MHCLG (Ministry for Housing,[…]
William Bourne argues central banks are “nothing like as independent as we are led to believe”. We like to think of central banks as being independent. It is a solution[…]
