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If there’s a climate emergency, shouldn’t we have an emergency response? Mark Davies discusses how Lancaster City Council has been using the principles underlying the Civil Contingencies Act to help[…]
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Weakened financial governance combined with the growing complexity of finance-raising schemes have produced huge challenges in local government. Grant Thornton’s Paul Dossett says that investing in finance leaders – both[…]
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[…]
David Green calls on the government to listen to feedback on the Minimum Revenue Provision consultation and avoid unintended consequences. Local authorities can fund capital expenditure, but not revenue expenditure,[…]
Partner Content: Matt Norris from Gravis Capital Management talks to Room151 about the growing digital infrastructure sector, its key elements and the opportunities it presents to investors. R151: Can you[…]
Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, talks to Mike Thatcher about the impact of local government funding cuts and how best to reform the finance system.[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Adrian Jenkins agrees local government failed to spend all its Covid grants. But ongoing pandemic expenses mean the money will be used and funding pressures will continue. Local government is[…]
Gove at LGA: councils to receive two-year financial settlement: Michael Gove has announced that councils will receive a two-year financial settlement from next year to provide authorities with “financial certainty” and allow them to plan ahead. The… dlvr.it/ST0kSV pic.twitter.com/wxL3UM4sGO
LGPS valuations: the digital journey: Rob Bilton explains how technology is helping to deliver one of the most complex data exercises in the world of public sector pensions. The 2022 valuations for LGPS funds in[...] dlvr.it/ST0kMq pic.twitter.com/VxjSPC2Uvo
Conrad Hall: ‘more sophisticated’ regulation needed for local government: The chair of the CIPFA/LASAAC Code Board has questioned the sophistication of financial regulation in local government and the continuing focus of the Department for Levelling Up,… dlvr.it/SSnPBV pic.twitter.com/G5d7JCWF8c
Slough Council approves plans to restructure finance department: Slough Borough Council has approved plans to restructure its finance department to enhance capacity and capability and to address a “significant weakness” in the function. The local… dlvr.it/SSf8DG pic.twitter.com/l5lmyHmkBg
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MRP on capital loans: a step in the right direction: David Green says the latest government proposals on Minimum Revenue Provision should be welcomed by local authorities. There are still some unintended consequences, but the suggested approach for… dlvr.it/SSZ7JK pic.twitter.com/M1W9qVgYWN
MRP U-turn welcomed but ‘unintended consequences remain’: Local authority finance directors and treasury advisers have welcomed the government’s revised Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP) proposals, while pointing out that some unintended consequences still… dlvr.it/SSWvY0 pic.twitter.com/sGglpVNFs3
Mike O’Donnell: ‘progress on LGPS asset pooling needs to go further and faster’: The CEO at the London CIV pension pool has called for progress on pooling the assets of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to accelerate. Mike O’Donnell told… dlvr.it/SSWvWV pic.twitter.com/rE1NjbMCCq