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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • Slough welcomes commitment that Office for Local Government ‘will not be a burden’

    June 30, 2022

  • Homes England agrees strategic partnership with two authorities

    June 29, 2022

  • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets

    June 28, 2022

  • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’

    June 27, 2022

  • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as ‘disappointing’

    June 27, 2022

  • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council

    June 23, 2022

  • Treasury
  • Technical
  • Funding
  • Resources
  • LGPS
  • Development
  • 151 News
  • Blogs
    • 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
  • Interviews
  • Briefs

Blogs

  • 0
    • in Blogs · Governance
    • — 1 Apr, 2022

    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.[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · LGPS
    • — 31 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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  • 0
    • in Audit · Blogs · Technical
    • — 28 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · Funding · Social care
    • — 23 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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  • 0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 21 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · Development · Funding · Housing · Infrastructure
    • — 14 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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  • 0
    • in Blogs · LGPS
    • — 8 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · LGPS · Responsible investing
    • — 7 Mar, 2022

    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[…]

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  • 0
    • in Audit · Blogs
    • — 28 Feb, 2022

    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,[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · Treasury
    • — 28 Feb, 2022

    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[…]

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  • 151 BRIEFS – WHAT’s NEW?

    • Homes England agrees strategic partnership with two authorities
    • Soaring inflation and pay pressures to add £3.6bn to council budgets
    • Underfunded social care reforms could ‘exacerbate workforce pressures’
    • Nottingham City Council leader labels proposed intervention as ‘disappointing’
    • Government preparing to intervene in Nottingham City Council
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