Alison Ring writes ‘a restoration of trust’ is needed in the ability of local authorities to make the right decisions and to manage public money. We’ve seen a number of[…]
Councils continue to struggle with budget constraints, some driven to see central government help. However, there may other ways to confront financial shortfalls. We are now entering the period when[…]
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[…]
Andrew Hardingham looks at the underlying issues that caused more than a third of respondents in the Room151/CCLA treasury survey to say that the funding system for local govenrment is[…]
Funding reforms are on the way. Adrian Jenkins surveys the landscape government and councils will need to chart. Local authorities are currently fully engaged in dealing with Covid and its[…]
Many will rush to erase 2020 from their memories but, writes Tracy Bingham, there were also many lessons about finance teams, strategic planning and leadership. 2020: A year we’d rather[…]
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[…]
The consultation on PWLB borrowing has concluded creating a new landscape for funding property acquisition. Our experts look at the implications. Tracie Langley The spending review heralded the outcome of[…]
Chris Buss on the lessons for section 151 officers have learned in 2020 and what they might hope in the New Year. “So, this is Christmas and what have you[…]
Stephen Fitzgerald argues it is untenable to protect services, as budgets severely strained, at the cost of sustainable finances. Of the entire public sector local government has experienced the greatest[…]
