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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Welsh pension fund confirms £50m investment in clean energy

    August 10, 2022

  • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA

    August 10, 2022

  • Consultation opens into care charging reforms

    August 9, 2022

  • ADASS survey: ‘worst fears confirmed for adult social care’

    August 5, 2022

  • GMCA to unlock funds for home energy-efficiency upgrades

    August 4, 2022

  • Levelling up committee calls for urgent boost to social care funding

    August 4, 2022

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    • David Green
    • Agent 151
    • Dan Bates
    • Richard Harbord
    • Stephen Sheen
    • James Bevan
    • Steve Bishop
    • Cllr John Clancy
    • David Crum
    • Graham Liddell
    • Ian O’Donnell
    • Jackie Shute
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Dan Bates

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    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding
    • — 17 Dec, 2021

    Settlement 2022-2023: £53.9bn in ‘one-year’ deal aimed at ‘stability’

    The 2022-23 settlement promises an extra £3.5bn. Michael Gove said the settlement represents a “real-terms increase from last year’s settlement and will make sure councils can improve vital frontline services”.[…]

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    Next settlement an opportunity to head off s114 dangers 0
    • in Blogs · Dan Bates
    • — 1 Jun, 2021

    Next settlement an opportunity to head off s114 dangers

    Dan Bates considers the underlying changes required to avoid further s114 notices. I was interested to read a recent headline that claimed that a third of south east councils were[…]

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    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding
    • — 16 Feb, 2021

    Dan Bates: Capitalisation directions are not the only tool for rebuilding finances

    Dan Bates argues deep seated problems are contributing to a rush for capitalisation directions. For some time now we have been reading that a number of councils are in discussion[…]

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    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding · Treasury
    • — 15 Dec, 2020

    Settlement must address ‘precarious’ local government finances

    Dan Bates crosses his fingers for “no nasty surprises” in this week’s funding settlement but argues the “bigger prize” is post-Covid financial certainty. Thursday (17 December) should be the day[…]

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  • Capital health indicators key to Croydon’s crisis 0
    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding · Technical
    • — 18 Nov, 2020

    Capital health indicators key to Croydon’s crisis

    Croydon is the latest local authority to issue a section 114 notice.  Experts Dan Bates and Christian Wall look at the trends underlying the council’s woes. Christian Wall Croydon’s section[…]

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    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding
    • — 22 Apr, 2020

    Dan Bates: An extra £1.6bn is welcome but boosting council resilience will need more

    Whitehall has offered another huge tranche of funding to councils but it may prove too little as Covid-19 reveals the vulnerability of local government funding structures. Financial resilience is already[…]

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  • Dan Bates: How should we measure financial resilience? 0
    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding
    • — 21 Aug, 2018

    Dan Bates: How should we measure financial resilience?

    …our accounts review has revealed some staggering pension liabilities. As we all live longer and authorities have fewer staff paying into pension funds, larger annual payments to recover deficits may have a greater call on scarce resources.

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    Dan Bates: Searching last year’s accounts for signs of resilience 0
    • in Blogs · Dan Bates
    • — 27 Jun, 2018

    Dan Bates: Searching last year’s accounts for signs of resilience

    Accounts have now closed but it’s hard to find the signs of financial resilience. Dan Bates reveals his observations on reserves and capital finance requirements. I’ve spent years doing local[…]

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  • Dan Bates: The importance of council tax in the fair funding debate 0
    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding
    • — 5 Apr, 2018

    Dan Bates: The importance of council tax in the fair funding debate

    Local authorities have set record council tax rises. Dan Bates argues that as some councils do well from the tax while others suffer it is critical for officers to engage[…]

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    Dan Bates: Settlement reveals fragility of the system and the need to speak up on fair funding 0
    • in Blogs · Dan Bates · Funding
    • — 14 Feb, 2018

    Dan Bates: Settlement reveals fragility of the system and the need to speak up on fair funding

    Local government last week saw the final financial settlement. Dan Bates analyses the underlying issues revealing a council tax system that is fragile and dwindling reserves. Last week’s final finance[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Inflation ‘disastrous’ for local services, warns LGA
    • Consultation opens into care charging reforms
    • ADASS survey: ‘worst fears confirmed for adult social care’
    • GMCA to unlock funds for home energy-efficiency upgrades
    • Levelling up committee calls for urgent boost to social care funding
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