LATIF/FDs’ Summit ‘on course to be biggest yet’
Room151’s flagship event – the Local Authority Treasurers Investment Forum (LATIF) and FDs’ Summit – is on course to be the biggest yet, with more than 200 delegates expected. Combining[…]
Funding
‘Local government treated worse than any other part of public sector’
Clive Betts, chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, talks to Mike Thatcher about lack of progress on levelling up, pork-barrel politics and why local government finance cannot[…]
Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s £12m budget gap endangering levelling up projects
Stoke-on-Trent City Council faces a £12m budget gap for 2022/23 due to rising inflation, which may risk the affordability of its levelling up projects. A report by Nick Edmonds, chief[…]
Bradford councillor fears £33.8m children’s services overspend could lead to s114
A councillor at Bradford Metropolitan District Council has said the authority could risk a section 114 notice as its children’s services department estimated an overspend of £33.8m in the 2022/23[…]
Councils face ‘significant national barriers’ to meeting net-zero targets
Local authorities face “significant national barriers” when meeting net-zero targets and need long-term, non-competitive funding to reduce emissions, according to a new report by UK100. Financial analysis by UK100, a[…]
Increasing opportunities in infrastructure
Partner Content: Hamish Mackenzie from DWS examines the growth in infrastructure investments – both digital and physical – and looks at the type, size and location of deals. Infrastructure allocations[…]
Pocklington: we will work with councils to ‘simplify funding landscape’
The permanent secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has confirmed that the government intends to rationalise the number of funds involving a bidding process for councils.[…]
Hampshire’s leader and CFO call for funding reforms amid concerns over budget gap
The leader of Hampshire County Council has called for “root and branch” changes to the way local government is funded as the authority faces a budget gap of £200m by[…]
Newcastle restructure sees departure of resources director
Newcastle City Council has restructured its senior management team resulting in two director posts being axed including the director of resources role held by Tony Kirkham. The council said that[…]
Simon Clarke: councils need to ‘prioritise’ spending to deliver core services
Local authorities will need to “prioritise” spending to deliver core public services due to rising inflation, the chief secretary to the Treasury has warned. Simon Clarke, speaking in a pre-recorded[…]
