Barnsley

09/26 Barnsley budget gap could rise to £34m

06/26 Barnsley unveils three-year SEND overhaul as deficit set to exceed £19m

05/26 Local elections reshape South Yorkshire pension committee

05/26 Reform landslide changes balance of power for UK’s largest LGPS funds

04/26 Barnsley receives funding for AI programme as council sees improved efficiency

02/26 Barnsley faces £27m budget gap in 2028/29

01/26 South Yorkshire Pension Fund prepares for next phase under new director Gillian Taberner

10/25 Barnsley invests nearly £3m to expand SEND capacity and create savings

08/25 Inner London ‘biggest loser’ in funding reforms as deprived areas may fare less well than expected: IFS

08/25 Above-inflation recovery grant ‘reduces budget risk’ at Barnsley

07/25 10 councils join government’s ‘test, learn and grow’ programme

07/25 Intervention update: envoys sent to Warrington; Slough needs ‘future vision’

06/25 Barnsley has £46.8m underlying need to borrow to 2026/27

03/25 Fixing a funding formula local government minister agrees ‘doesn’t work’: SIGOMA chair on needed reforms

03/25 SYPA launches £40m place-based investment vehicles

03/25 SYPA launches £40m place-based investment vehicles

03/25 Major DSG deficit concerns continue to be highlighted in financial monitoring reports

02/25 Social housing inspections: where are authorities going wrong and how can this be put right?

09/24 Job Alert: South Yorkshire Pension Authority- Independent Investment Adviser

06/24 Job Alert: South Yorkshire Local Pension Board – Independent Adviser

08/23 Sigoma: 26 local authorities could issue s114 notice in next two years

07/23 Barnsley’s £836m debt brings ‘risks’ but is ‘manageable’ given level of reserves, says director of finance

06/23 SIGOMA: over half of councils ‘uncertain’ they can meet their 2023 budgets

12/22 Levelling up projects ‘at risk’ due to inflation concerns

08/22 ‘Local government treated worse than any other part of public sector’

06/22 JOB ALERT: South Yorkshire Pensions Authority – Independent Advisor

05/20 Covid-19 risks ‘massive cuts’ in the most deprived areas unless Whitehall steps in

05/20 The Municipal Bonds Agency offers ‘certainty’ and a chance for councils to ‘control their own debt’

03/20 Navigating private finance in a post-Budget world

04/19 Mutual launches to compete in insurance market

03/19 Pension fund to align £80m investment to EU fund

01/19 Northern cities bear the brunt of austerity

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

08/18 Ian Rooth: Forward start loans, rate risk and planning for the future

04/18 Q&A: pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank on lending to local authorities

02/18 Barnsley becomes second authority to sign forward loan deal