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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
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  • 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

Development

  • 1
    • in Blogs · Development · Funding · LGPS · Resources · Treasury
    • — 1 Jul, 2021

    Impact Awards: The winners are revealed

    The waiting is over, the hard work of completing the entries and  judging have come to fruition. It remains only to announce the winners. The winners of the inaugural CCLA/Room151[…]

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    0
    • in Blogs · Development · Treasury
    • — 22 Apr, 2021

    Local authority bonds: Do they hold the answer to housing?

    PWLB remains the go to source of funding for local authorities. Nick Haverly asks whether a move to bonds and the private sector would offer a better route to building[…]

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  • 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Treasury
    • — 25 Nov, 2020

    Speakers revealed for 12th annual LATIF and FDs’ Summit

    Sir Bob Kerslake, former head of the UK’s home civil service, is among the key speakers headlining this year’s Room151 FDs’ Summit. The Summit takes place alongside Room151’s Local Authority[…]

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    0
    • in Development · Interviews
    • — 19 Mar, 2020

    Interview: Dan Hawthorn, director of housing, Haringey

    Dan Hawthorn, Haringey’s director of housing is moving on to pastures new at Kensington & Chelsea. Speaking to Room151, he reflects on the prospects for council housing in the current[…]

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  • Edinburgh sets out £2.5bn housing-investment plans 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Treasury
    • — 13 Feb, 2020

    Edinburgh sets out £2.5bn housing-investment plans

    Proposals to invest almost £2bn in delivering new council homes and close on £500m to upgrade existing social-housing and tenant services over the next decade are set to be agreed[…]

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    London borough to use housing company to boost constrained HRA output 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Resources · Treasury
    • — 6 Feb, 2020

    London borough to use housing company to boost constrained HRA output

    The London Borough of Barnet has set out proposals to boost its housing stock by channelling additional investment into a registered provider owned by its arm’s-length management organisation to complement[…]

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  • Scottish minister slams Treasury over ‘grin and bear it’ PWLB rate response 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Treasury
    • — 3 Feb, 2020

    Scottish minister slams Treasury over ‘grin and bear it’ PWLB rate response

    The Scottish finance minister has launched a stinging attack on the UK Treasury over their response to two letters she sent them voicing concerns over the impact on Scottish infrastructure[…]

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    Borough eyes community bond to fund green infrastructure 0
    • in 151 News · Development · Funding · Treasury
    • — 17 Dec, 2019

    Borough eyes community bond to fund green infrastructure

    West Berkshire Council is exploring proposals to set up a community bond to fund a green infrastructure project aimed at achieving the authority’s carbon-reduction ambitions. Executive committee members are being[…]

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  • Council feels financial squeeze on housing company pledge 0
    • in Development
    • — 28 Nov, 2019

    Council feels financial squeeze on housing company pledge

    The London Borough of Newham is set to approve a £113.1m funding package to support the latest phase of homes being developed by its wholly-owned housing company- but has admitted[…]

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    Councils deliver 40% rise in homes with their own cash 0
    • in 151 News · Development
    • — 21 Nov, 2019

    Councils deliver 40% rise in homes with their own cash

    The number of homes built by councils without relying on government grant rose by 40% last year, according to government statistics. Room 151 analysis of figures released by the Ministry[…]

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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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