Barking And Dagenham

10/26 Barking and Dagenham creates £27m safety net for lossmaking firm

08/26 Sivayogan joins Barking and Dagenham pensions team 

02/26 Richard Harbord: a retrospective on the settlement

02/26 Job Alert: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Pension Board Independent Chairman

09/25 The debt debate: why council borrowing headlines miss the point

07/25 Local authority investments drop £10bn as borrowing climbs

07/25 Think tank appoints Darren Rodwell as chair of the board

07/25 Treasury needs ‘change of mindset’ to support council housebuilding

06/25 Will government redefine statutory services and give greater council tax discretion?

06/25 Jonathan Bunt: housing and the Spending Review

06/25 Local authority housing spend rises by almost £10bn amid growing homelessness pressures

02/25 The scrutineers: Does the devolution white paper support regional growth?

02/25 Finance settlement reaction: authorities ‘short’ on national insurance as council tax caution makes EFS ‘only game in town’

12/24 Provisional finance settlement: ‘big winners and big losers’

12/24 ‘The path to reorganisation will be considerable’: reaction to the Devolution White Paper

12/24 Housing151 conference returns to London in March with much to discuss for local authorities

11/24 Local authority audit crisis forces NAO to disclaim UK government accounts

11/24 ‘Broadly welcome’ or potential for ‘chaos’? Mixed local authority response to LGPS reforms

10/24 Budget reaction: additional funding falls ‘far short’ but local government anticipates ‘lots more to come’

10/24 MOTB: short-term measures and long-term mindset could tackle temporary accommodation crisis

10/24 Councils have ‘done their bit’: majority publish draft accounts amid audit reforms

09/24 MOTB: the ‘jaws of doom’ are closing on local government

09/24 Roundtable: Labour and the LGPS- untapped potential, fiduciary challenges

08/24 Spike in short-term government lending to local authorities

08/24 Government’s housing plans: ‘still significant need for public sector subsidy’

06/24 Barking and Dagenham reports ‘underperformance’ in residential scheme

01/24 ‘A net zero future’: Barking & Dagenham community-led fund invests in solar energy

10/23 £16bn of LGPS capital invested in fossil fuels

10/23 Roundtable special report: how to overcome cash management challenges

09/23 LATIF and Finance Directors’ Summit in review: finding solutions to a sea of challenges

06/23 Barking and Dagenham faces challenging outlook after reporting £27.9m overspend in 2022/23

03/23 Fiona Fletcher-Smith: how to solve the housing crisis

06/22 Philip Gregory: making sure ‘no-one is left behind’

04/22 75 local authorities eligible for £302m family hub funding

03/22 Major housing acquisition by London borough

12/19 City of London completes £250m debt deal

10/19 Council injects £3.4m to fund film studio plans after Brexit blow

10/19 Rise in council spending on land and buildings slows

05/19 Council housing company loses £900,000 in first year

05/19 Hackney to tackle fuel poverty with clean energy company

04/19 Communities ministry poaches Treasury director

04/19 Councils warned over “son of LOBOs” income strip deals

03/19 Council enters hotel business in investor-backed income strip deal

02/19 Barking and Dagenham to double external borrowing

01/19 London council launches not-for-profit energy company

11/18 Northants exits LOBOs as October PWLB borrowing hits £850m

07/18 Housing and regeneration summit to explore collaborative finance and funding models

07/18 Jonathan Bunt: Sacrifices needed to launch large-scale housing developments

06/18 Plans for new towns prompt questions over funding and infrastructure

03/18 Jonathan Bunt: Theresa May takes a small step towards unlocking a policy for homes

02/18 Local asset backed vehicles: controversial but “one of the few options” to tackle the housing crisis

01/18 Jonathan Bunt: Necessity will create the solution for housing in 2018

01/18 News Roundup: GMPF’s Kieran Quinn dies following fall, LGPS framework appointments, planning powers, PWLB borrowing

10/17 Jonathan Bunt: PM’s housing policy is both ‘positive and underwhelming’

10/17 Reversal of social rents policy puts housing development back on the agenda

08/17 Lancs merger of s151 and CEO roles sparks accountability row

07/17 Jonathan Bunt: Give councils real power to build new homes

05/17 Kerslake and Clancy head stellar LATIF line up

04/17 News round-up: Barking’s new lottery, spending cuts, Basingstoke’s property drive, Better Care Fund

04/17 Jonathan Bunt: Project finance skills are the foundation of running development schemes

02/17 Jonathan Bunt: The threat from ‘right to buy’ hanging over housing innovation