Former local government finance chief Andrew Hardingham calls on government to start a “meaningful dialogue” over devolution of powers and funding. “The Government is overseeing a fundamental shift of power[…]
The Department for Education is consulting on a streamlined process for schools’ business rates. The DfE looks at how the new system should help make savings and calls for feedback[…]
The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards spotlight finance teams with a direct impact on their local communities and the environment. This week we explore Cheltenham Borough Council’s efforts to build a technology[…]
Regeneration and economic growth will depend on districts’ ability to secure funding and work with public and private partners, argues Sanjiv Kohli. Covid hit us in March 2020 and immediately[…]
The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards showcase finance teams with a direct impact on their local communities and the environment. This week we spotlight Liverpool City Council’s efforts to support the hospitality[…]
The crisis in Liverpool and a fix for education budgets are further indication that local government finance is in need of a root and branch review. Even for those students[…]
The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards will showcase the way finance teams have a direct impact on their local communities and the environment. This week we spotlight the work of Plymouth City[…]
Kate Ogden writes the government has addressed most of the short-term Covid-19 financial pressures facing English councils, but problems loom in 2022-23 and the years following. As we enter the[…]
As we launch the CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards, finance officers from around the country reveal how their work, past and present, has made a difference to people, place or the environment.[…]
The CCLA/Room151 Impact Awards will mark the positive impact local government finance teams have on communities, place and the environment and create a lasting legacy through a Summary of Entries[…]
