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  • 151 BRIEF

    What's New?

  • 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

  • Oxfordshire councils abandon housing plan

    August 4, 2022

  • Treasury
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  • LGPS
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  • 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
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Development

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    • in Development · Funding · Housing
    • — 8 Jun, 2022

    Philip Gregory: making sure ‘no-one is left behind’

    Barking and Dagenham’s director of finance and investment talks to Karen Day about why the borough’s commercial approach is not simply a means to fill a revenue gap. “The council[…]

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    • in Blogs · Development · Funding · Housing · Infrastructure
    • — 21 Apr, 2022

    Don’t expect an infrastructure levy any time soon

    The government plans to axe section 106 agreements in favour of an infrastructure levy, but Richard Harbord warns that consultation paralysis, levelling-up concerns and developer opposition could block any progress.[…]

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    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Housing
    • — 12 Apr, 2022

    Cornwall’s housing crisis: planning and tax reforms ‘urgently required’

    The section 151 officer at Cornwall Council has called on the government to implement reforms to planning and tax rules to help local authorities urgently respond to the housing crisis.[…]

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    0
    • in Development · Funding · Housing · Interviews
    • — 16 Mar, 2022

    Finding private sector solutions to the housing crisis

    Omar Al-Hasso, managing director of Phi Capital Investments, talks to Mike Thatcher about how local authorities are working with private sector partners to deliver more affordable homes. Government statistics show[…]

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    • 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 151 News · Development · Housing
    • — 28 Feb, 2022

    Councils ‘becoming more involved in direct delivery of housing’

    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[…]

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  • 0
    • in Blogs · Development · Funding · Infrastructure · Levelling up · Resources · Treasury
    • — 14 Feb, 2022

    The s151: a prefect in a post-pandemic world

    Tony Travers discusses how the prefectorial role of the section 151 officer has become more significant as austerity has hit council budgets. He suggests that the s151 will become ever-more[…]

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    • in Blogs · Development · Funding · Levelling up · LGPS · Resources · Treasury
    • — 27 Jan, 2022

    Mike Thatcher: constructing a new role for local government

    In his first monthly viewpoint, Room151’s new editorial director reflects on what has changed and what remains the same for local government finance over an eventful seven years. Having spent[…]

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  • 0
    • in Development · Funding
    • — 25 Jan, 2022

    Ten of the most innovative council-run housing projects

    Reports of the death of local authority house building have been greatly exaggerated. Mark Smulian looks at the resurgence of council activity in constructing new homes – for both social[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · Development · Treasury
    • — 11 Jan, 2022

    Treasury looks forward to old issues with new challenges

    David Green scans the treasury landscape for the coming year and finds codes of practice, levelling up, new accounting standards and interest rate rises looming. Happy New Year to Room[…]

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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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