Northants: one year on
As West Northamptonshire and North Northamptonshire unitary councils register their first full year in existence, James Smith looks at the progress made since the demise of the ill-fated county council.[…]
Blogs
2022 LGPS valuations: options, opportunities and objectives
For the first time in the working lives of many people, the 2022 LGPS valuations will likely show funding surpluses. Fund actuary Robbie McInroy gives the inside track on options[…]
Local authority accounts: embrace the complexity
Graham Liddell wonders whether the crisis in local audit is being used as a smokescreen to avoid addressing issues with local authority accounting. In April 2017, the Commons Public Administration[…]
Spring Statement: local government’s levy lottery
Richard Harbord is reassured that the chancellor has a plan, though a little concerned that Rishi Sunak didn’t have one before today’s Spring Statement and that he retains faith in[…]
Bank of England battles inflation with latest interest rate rise
Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans analyses the MPC’s increase in the Official Bank Rate to 0.75% and its warning that inflation could reach 8% in the second quarter[…]
Counting the infrastructure costs for county councils
Demand for greater housing means increased pressure on county councils to deliver the associated infrastructure, such as roads and schools. Now Brexit, Covid and the war in Ukraine are also[…]
LGPS: responding to the new normal
The war in Ukraine has already had a huge economic impact – globalisation has reversed, market capitalism contracted, inflation has surged and higher interest rates are threatened. William Bourne warns[…]
Lessons from Ukraine: are defence exclusions ‘responsible’?
Elizabeth Carey argues that, in the harsh light of the Russian invasion, some of the responsible investment assumptions of institutional investors about the defence sector look naïve and in need[…]
Local audit: where do we go from here?
In his monthly viewpoint, Room151’s editorial director Mike Thatcher looks at the crisis in local audit and the importance of a system leader for the sector. On Thursday 3 March,[…]
Is the Bank of England losing control of inflation and the yield curve?
Partner Content: CCLA Investment Management’s Robert Evans discusses how the Bank of England has struggled to convey its messaging on inflation and interest rates. This year is an important anniversary[…]
